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UN report: About 3,500 slaves held by Islamic State in Iraq

By REUTERS

JANUARY 19, 2016 11:35

GENEVA - An estimated 3,500 people, mainly women and children, are believed to be held as slaves in Iraq by Islamic State militants who impose a harsh rule marked by gruesome public executions, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The militant group, which also controls large parts of neighboring Syria, has committed widespread abuses that may "in some instances, amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide," the report said.

The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and UN human rights office estimated that 3,500 people were "currently being held in slavery by ISIL numbers". "Those being held are predominantly women and children and come primarily from the Yezidi community, but a number are also from other ethnic and religious minority communities," said the joint report issued in Geneva.

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