UN: Islamic State holding about 3500 slaves in Iraq via joTurkishWeekly

1/22/2016 9:18:22 AM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The extremist group Islamic State (IS) has enslaved an estimated 3500 people including women and children in Iraq a United Nations report said.

The reported issued on January 19 said that the extremist group is responsible for actionsthat may "amount to war crimes crimes against humanity and possibly genocide.”

“IS continued to subject women and children to sexual violence particularly in the form of sexual slavery” the report by the UNAssistance Mission for Iraq and the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights states.

The report said that Iraqi security forces and allied groups including Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have also killed and kidnapped civilians.

"Some of these incidents may have been reprisals against persons perceived to support or be associated with [Islamic State]" it added.

The report said at least 18802 civilians were killed in violence in Iraq from January 2014 to October 2015and 36245 civilians were wounded.

The UN said the report is based on testimony obtained directly from the victims survivors or witnesses of human rights violations.

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