10,000 Iraqis killed, 20,000 injured since beginning of 2014 says United Nations
(IraqiNews.com) On Tuesday, the United Nations revealed that over 10,000 Iraqis have been killed and 20,000 others have been injured since the beginning of this year. The UN expressed its willingness to send a commission to Iraq to investigate the crimes of the so-called Islamic state in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
High Commissioner for Human Rights in the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ben Ra’ad Al-Hussein said in a speech during a Security Council session on the situation in Iraq — followed by IraqiNews.com, “The ISIS organization committed crimes that are indescribable and undeniable,” adding that the crimes committed in Iraq are nothing but a genocide where 10,000 Iraqis were killed and 20,000 others were wounded.
Hussein added, “Murder, abuse, rape and sale of women and young girls and children are some of the crimes ISIS committed.”
“Girls aged no more than 12 years old were sold and children were forced to witness executions and fight with terrorists” he said. “ISIS intentionally violated the rights of minorities and denied all fundamental human rights.”
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