GENEVA: Islamic State (IS) jihadists appear to be committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, United Nations investigators said on Thursday (Friday in Manila), calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice at the International Criminal Court.

The UN human rights office published a horrifying report describing killings, torture, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers by the extremists, suggesting they may be guilty of “war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.”

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