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Thousands of Iraqi Civilians Abducted, Hundreds Executed in Battle for Mosul

By Lisa Schein | VOA News on Oct 28, 2016   Featured, World  

Thousands of Iraqi Civilians Abducted, Hundreds Executed in Battle for Mosul

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office reports Iraqi civilians are increasingly being used as pawns by Islamic State militants in their battle for Mosul. The agency says it has received credible reports of hundreds of executions, mass abductions, and the use of civilians as human shields. The agency reports Islamic State militants have been forcing […]

UN Investigator Urges Prosecution of North Korean Leaders

By Lisa Schein | VOA News on Mar 14, 2016   Featured, World  

UN Investigator Urges Prosecution of North Korean Leaders

GENEVA—North Korea’s leaders, including Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, must be held accountable for crimes against humanity committed against their people, a U.N. special investigator said in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Over the past six years, U.N. Special Investigator Marzuki Darusman has submitted a succession of hard-hitting reports to […]

UN Calls for North Korea Human Rights Inquiry

By Lisa Schein | VOA News on Jan 14, 2013   World  

GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights official is calling for an international inquiry into what she calls the "deplorable human rights situation" in North Korea.



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