Hundreds of Indians trapped in Iraq’s Najaf: Amnesty Int’l

New Delhi, Jun 21 .Amnesty International India today claimed that fresh evidence has emerged about hundreds of Indians stranded in Najaf province of crisis-hit Iraq.

The human rights watchdog claimed it had spoken over the phone with some Indian workers working for an infrastructure and construction company who said they were in danger as their employers had “refused to return their passports”, thus rendering them unable to leave the Gulf country.(PTI)