Security forces in the Kurdish regions of Iraq have been "torturing children" to force them to confess to having links with the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, according to Human Rights Watch.
The rights body said on Tuesday it interviewed over 20 boys aged between 14 and 17 who were charged with, or convicted of, belonging to ISIL, which controlled vast swaths of Iraq until late 2017.
Sixteen of the boys said they had been "tortured" during questioning.
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