Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - A
United Nations official said Tuesday (21.10.2014) evidence strongly indicates
that the Islamic State group's assault on Iraq's Yazidi religious minority is
"an attempt to commit genocide."
Assistant
Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic spoke to reporters after a
weeklong visit to Iraq, where he spoke with at least 30 Yazidis from various
parts of the country.
Hundreds
of Yazidis were killed as the Islamic State group swept across parts of
northern and western Iraq in August. Tens of thousands fled for their lives,
most to the Kurdish-held parts of northern Iraq. Hundreds of women and girls
were captured by fighters. An estimated 7,000 Yazidis stayed and have been
forced to convert to the Islamic State group's harsh interpretation of islam.
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