The Effects of ISIL

The jihadist group known as IS has been wreaking havoc on Iraq and the Levant. Their acts of terror seek to kill off all apostates and create a homogeneous empire. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have issued a report on the varied human rights abuses committed by this group as well as the associated forces that are battling them. The report details the violations which include "attacks directly targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, executions and other targeted killings of civilians, abductions, rape and other forms of sexual and physical violence perpetrated against women and children, forced recruitment of children, destruction or desecration of places of religious or cultural significance, wanton destruction and looting of property, and denial of fundamental freedoms." ISIL's tirade has murdered many, displaced thousands and terrified the international community, but the abuses deeply effect certain ethnic and religious groups that are being targeted like the Turkmen, Shabak, Christians, Yezidi, Sabaeans, Kaka’e, Faili Kurds, and Arab Shi’a. 

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Gross Human Rights Abuses in Iraq