UN report details "terrible atrocities" committed by ISIL in Iraq
The United Nations (UN) issued a report on Thursday detailing the "terrible atrocities" committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Yezidi people and other ethnic and...
UN: Islamic State continues to commit genocide in Northern Iraq
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his concern for the human rights violations faced by the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq on Wednesday, stating that actions of the Islamic State (IS) may amount to genocide. Two years ago the...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. Stating that "the sheer unrestrained viciousness of these people defies belief," Zeid spoke strongly...
A UN-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday that the Islamic State (IS) has been committing genocide against the Yazidi people, in addition to a carrying out a variety of other war crimes and human rights violations. The...
US State Department releases grim report on world human rights practices
US Secretary of State John Kerry released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 on Wednesday, pointing to "a global governance crisis" in is prefatory statement. The secretary cited the "accelerating trend by both state and...
A Northern Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday to attempting to provide the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with material support and to attempting to join the terror organization. Joseph Hassan Farrokh...
US Secretary of State John Kerry in a speech at the State Department on Thursday declared that the Islamic State (IS) "is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis,...
Amnesty: Kurdish forces may be committing war crimes in Iraq
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) forces and Kurdish militias are committing mass destruction in northern Iraq that may amount to war crimes, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Tuesday. AI claims that the KRG...
Amnesty: Islamic State armed due to 'reckless arms trading' with Iraq
Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) is in possession of a "large and lethal" arsenal due to decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated international flow of weapons into Iraq....
UN warns of misplaced suspicions regarding Muslim refugees and migrants
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the UN General Assembly on Friday and cautioned the international community to avoid discrimination against Muslims, especially refugees and migrants entering Europe, as a result...
