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ISIL unlawful 'shari'a courts' meting out 'monstrous’ punishments, UN warns

ISIL unlawful 'shari'a courts' meting out 'monstrous’ punishments, UN warns

Jan 21, 2015, at 04:15 pm

New York, Jan 21 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has established unlawful, so-called 'shari'a courts’ in the territory under its control that have been carrying out cruel and inhuman punishments against men, women and children.