Islamic State jihadists are killing kidnapped Iraqi children, including by crucifixion or by burying them alive, with others being sold as sex slaves, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said.
“We are really deeply concerned at torture and murder of those children, especially those belonging to minorities, but not only from minorities,” Renate Winter, committee expert, said at a briefing.
The Islamists target not only children from the Kurdish Yazidi sect and Christian communities, but also Muslim youths of Shia and Sunni branches, she added.
More and more boys aged under 18 are being used by the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) as suicide bombers, bomb makers, informants and human shields during the US-led air strikes, the United Nations watchdog said.
“We have had reports of children, especially children who are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding,” Winter told Reuters. Full story...
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“We are really deeply concerned at torture and murder of those children, especially those belonging to minorities, but not only from minorities,” Renate Winter, committee expert, said at a briefing.
The Islamists target not only children from the Kurdish Yazidi sect and Christian communities, but also Muslim youths of Shia and Sunni branches, she added.
More and more boys aged under 18 are being used by the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) as suicide bombers, bomb makers, informants and human shields during the US-led air strikes, the United Nations watchdog said.
“We have had reports of children, especially children who are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding,” Winter told Reuters. Full story...
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