IS committing crimes against humanity in Iraq: UN
 

Geneva, Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) Violence carried out by militants of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation in Iraq, including murders, executions, abduction, ***ual violence and torture, amount to crimes against humanity, the UN said Monday. The UN's statement came after the human rights commission in Iraq gathered information about abductions by IS of more than 2,000 women and children and holding them captive. In an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council to address the situation in Iraq, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri presented the evidence gathered by the agency on the severity of the abuses committed by the extremists. Pansieri indicated that she had information on the IS violations of human rights and humanitarian law that "may amount to war crimes".

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