Monday, February 9, 2015

Islamic State executing ‘educated women,’ UN says

Civilians slain for banditry, homosexuality, adultery and various acts of ‘disloyalty’


By AFP for The Times of Israel

GENEVA — The UN on Tuesday decried numerous executions of civilians in Iraq by the Islamic State group, warning that educated women appeared to be especially at risk.

The jihadist group is showing a “monstrous disregard for human life” in the areas it controls in Iraq, the UN human rights office said.

The group, which controls large swaths of territory in Iraq and in neighboring war-ravaged Syria, last week published pictures of the “crucifixions” of two men accused of being bandits, and of a woman being stoned to death, allegedly for adultery.

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