ISIS terrorists meet relatives of bombing victims in display of restorative justice on reality TV show


SIS terrorists have been forced to meet the relatives of their bombing victims as part of an Iraqi reality TV show.

The show, In The Grip of the Law, takes the convicted terrorists back to the scene of their car bomb attacks, where they face the wrath of their victims' families.

Cameras follow the ISIS men, who are flanked by armed military offices, as they are taken to locations in Baghdad where they carried out the attacks last month.



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In one scene, convicted bomber Haider Ali Motar wails as a man in a wheelchair spits verbal abuse towards him.

Others tell the 21-year-old they will "tear him to pieces" from behind a barbed wire fence.

"What am I supposed to say?" Motar pleads to the camera.

In another scene a terrorist called Fahak Abdallah Radi, an "Emir' for ISIS, meets an injured victim of another bombing, who asks: "Why did he do this? Aren't we all Muslims?"

The show is produced by the state-run Al Iraqiya channel in cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Interior.

It has been launched as part of a media campaign against ISIS and to garner public support for the Iraqi forces who were humiliated by the terrorists during battles this summer.


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The show's presenter, Ahmed Hassan, said it had been designed to show that those responsible for terrorism offences are brought to justice.

"We wanted to produce a program that offers clear and conclusive evidence, with the complete story, presented and shown to Iraqi audiences," he said.

Every Friday Hassan, who has reportedly become a target himself, quizzes convicted terrorists in shackles and bright yellow prison jumpsuits.

The show also includes surveillance video showing how the terrorists carried out their attacks, while other clips include prisoners' confessions and police examining DNA and ballistics evidence.

But human rights groups have expressed concern over the airing of filmed confessions, claiming any admission will have been made under duress.


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"The justice system is so flawed and the rights of detainees, especially those accused of terrorism (but not only) are so routinely violated that it is virtually impossible to be confident that they would be able to speak freely," Donatella Rovera, of Amnesty International, said.

ISIS attacks have ravaged Iraq in recent months and around one-third of the country is under their control.

Iraqi troops, backed by Shiite and Kurdish militias as well as US-led airstrikes, have clawed back some territory but the terrorists remain a significant threat and nearly every day brings new bombings in and around Baghdad.

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