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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
UN rights experts condemn sexual violence by Islamic State militants
[JURIST] Two senior UN officials on Wednesday strongly condemned [press release] sexual violence by Islamic State (IS) [BBC backgrounder] militants against minorities in areas under their control. Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura [official profile], and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov delivered a joint statement from Baghdad, in which they described the such incidents as "savage rapes" and "barbaric acts." They made note of specific targeting of women and minorities...
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