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UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes

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A U.N. team says evidence it collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014.

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The Hindu

Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes: United Nations

U.N. investigative team said in a report the crimes included forcibly transferring and persecuting Christians, seizing their property, engaging in sexual violence, enslavement and other “inhumane acts,” such as forced conversions and destruction of cultural and religious sites.

1 year ago·India

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Associated Press News

Revealed: Islamic Extremists Targeted Christians with Brutal Crimes Against Humanity

The report said crimes included persecuting Christians, engaging in sexual violence, engaging in enslavement and other “inhumane acts."

1 year ago·United States

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abc News

UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes

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The Washington Post

UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes

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UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. team says evidence it collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014. The investigative team says in a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Thursday that the crimes included forcibly transferring and pers…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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The UN determined that the Islamic State committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against Christians in Iraq

In a report by the organization's Security Council, they highlight that crimes include forcible transfers, persecution, seizure of property, sexual violence, slavery and other inhumane acts

1 year ago·C A B A, Argentina

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