Women detainees questions should be promptly solved, ministry

BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Women State Minister Ibtihal al-Zaidi stressed today the necessity to finalize the cases of the detained women as soon as possible, as well as better condition in women prisons to meet their humanistic needs.

In a statement by the ministry, Al-Zaidi pointed out that "Iraqi women should be highly treated inside or outside prison.

It urged the legal system to finalize all cases, particularly un-convicted ones.

A number of suggestions and resolutions were taken during a meeting with the minister on the situation in Iraqi women prisons.