UN: Crimes against humanity in Iraq

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said Islamic State fighters reportedly killed up to 670 prisoners in Mosul and committed other abuses in Iraq that amount to crimes against humanity.

Navi Pillay, the body’s top human rights official, said the grave human rights violations carried out by the Islamic State group and other fighters allied with it include widespread ethnic and religious purges in areas under its control in a push to gain a firm grip on the northern and eastern provinces.