Iraq: UN documents rights violations of increasingly sectarian nature
UN News – A United Nations report released today details widespread human rights violations of an increasingly sectarian nature in…
Islamic State selling, crucifying, burying children alive in Iraq – UN
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and killing other youth, including…
Egypt, Syria, Iraq used 2014 turmoil to abuse rights – report
(Reuters) – The governments of Egypt, Syria and Iraq used real and perceived security threats in 2014 as an…
ISIL unlawful ‘shari’a courts’ meting out ‘monstrous’ punishments, UN warns
UN News Centre – The United Nations human rights office today confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the…
Deadliest year in Iraq since 2007
Al Jazeera – Violence in Iraq killed more than 15,000 civilians and security personnel in 2014, government figures have…
As winter closes in, UN launches humanitarian appeal for Iraqis in need
Displaced persons queue up to receive food supplies at a WFP distribution site in the Kasnazan area of Erbil Governorate,…