The Baharka camp, 5km north of Erbil in northern Iraq, is home to thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) following the takeover of large swathes of the country by ISIL. Photo: UN, Emma Beals/IRIN

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UN Report Indicates ISIS Committed Genocide in Iraq

March 20, 2015March 23, 2015 RMN News Genocide, Human Rights, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, UN

A report released Thursday by the United Nations human rights office says that the Islamic State in Iraq and the

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Silvana holds a picture of her sister, Sandi, who was killed by an ISIS bomb while riding the bus to university. Threatened with death by ISIS, Silvana is now in hiding.

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Edge of Extinction: Genocide of Iraq’s Minorities

February 12, 2015February 13, 2015 RMN News Genocide, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Minorities

Former Congressman Frank R. Wolf and the newly created religious freedom group, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, released a report Wednesday

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