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Iraqi civilians suffering 'horrific' persecution, ethnic cleansing: UN rights chief

Iraqi civilians suffering 'horrific' persecution, ethnic cleansing: UN rights chief

Aug 26, 2014, at 05:12 am

New York, Aug 25 (IBNS) The United Nations human rights chief on Monday condemned the appalling and horrific crimes against humanity being committed daily in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated armed groups.

Iraqi civilians suffering 'horrific' persecution, ethnic cleansing: UN rights chief

Iraqi civilians suffering 'horrific' persecution, ethnic cleansing: UN rights chief

Aug 26, 2014, at 05:12 am

New York, Aug 25 (IBNS) The United Nations human rights chief on Monday condemned the appalling and horrific crimes against humanity being committed daily in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated armed groups.

Iraq violence: UN confirms more than 2,000 killed since early June

Iraq violence: UN confirms more than 2,000 killed since early June

Jun 25, 2014, at 06:08 am

New York, June 24 (IBNS): More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq, and another 1,000 injured in the two weeks since the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) and its allies began to sweep across the country, the United Nations on Tuesday confirmed, stressing that those figures should be viewed "very much as a minimum."