Almost 19000 Iraqi civilians killed in 22 month long conflict: UN report
Date
1/21/2016 9:20:15 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) More than 18800Iraqi civilians were killed and another 36000 wounded during the 22-month long between Jan. 1 2014 and Oct. 31 2015 said deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq at a daily briefing citing a UN report released Tuesday.
Another 3.2 million people have become internally displaced since January 2014 including more than a million children of school age said
Fighting between the Islamic State Iraqi security forces and pro-government militias from the start of 2014 to the end of October 2015 have caused the "staggering" casualties said the report.
The report was compiled by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) based largely on testimony obtained directly from victims survivors and witnesses.
The report details numerous examples of killings by the Islamic State in gruesome public spectacles including by shooting beheading bulldozing burning alive and throwing off the top of buildings said Haq.
"There are also reports of the murder of child soldiers who fled fighting on the frontlines in Anbar" he said.
The Islamic State continues to subject women and children to sexual violence particularly in the form of sexual slavery he added.
Furthermore the report also documented alleged violations and abuses of international human rights and international humanitarian law by the Iraqi Security Forces and associated forces including militia and tribal forces popular mobilization units and Peshmerga he said.
The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq Jan Kubis reiterated his call to all parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians from the effects of violence.
"He urges the Government to use all means to ensure law and order necessary for the voluntary return of displaced people to their place of origin" said Haq.
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