"No child chooses to be enlisted, and France is displaying the worst kind of indignity in this matter, while also violating the conventions to which it is a signatory."
"Instead of treating them as the victims they are, France refused to repatriate them from Syria and made possible their transfer to a squalid Iraqi prison where they are subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment."
Three Frenchmen, taken to Syria by their jihadist parents at ages 11 or 12, are seeking repatriation from Iraq, claiming they were victims of war crimes. Their lawyers argue that international humanitarian law prohibits the recruitment of children in hostilities. The men were involved in propaganda and violence for ISIS. France is investigating them for alleged terrorist crimes, but their attorneys assert they should be recognized as war victims. They criticize France for not repatriating them and allowing their transfer to an Iraqi prison, where they face inhumane treatment.
Read at The Local France
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