UNITED NATIONS, United States: A UN report released on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) showed members of Iraq’s diverse ethnic communities have been intentionally and systematically targeted by the Islamic State (IS), in what appears as a deliberate policy aimed at destroying, suppressing or expelling these communities permanently from areas under the group’s control.
The report showed among the ethnic communities targeted by IS were Turkmen, Shabaks, Christians, Yezidi, Sabaeans, Kaka’e, Faili Kurds, and Arab Shi’a. Produced jointly by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the report covered the period September 11 to December 10, 2014.
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