A British court has ruled that an Iraqi Families are to recieve $6 million in compensation from the defense ministry in connection with a case of torture and murder of an Iraqi man in the custody of British Army Soldiers in Iraq.
The settlement involves the family of Baha Mousa and nine other Iraqis who were tortured by British forces after being detained in the southern city of Basra in 2003.
A post-mortem found that Mousa, 26, a hotel receptionist, suffered 93 different injuries, including a broken nose and fractured ribs, in the final hours of his life.
Mousa died of asphyxia, caused by a stress position that soldiers forced him to maintain, the post-mortem said.
The settlement involves the family of Baha Mousa and nine other Iraqis who were tortured by British forces after being detained in the southern city of Basra in 2003.
A post-mortem found that Mousa, 26, a hotel receptionist, suffered 93 different injuries, including a broken nose and fractured ribs, in the final hours of his life.
Mousa died of asphyxia, caused by a stress position that soldiers forced him to maintain, the post-mortem said.
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