Iraq forces executed 250 Sunni prisoners: watchdog
Baghdad (AFP) July 11, 2014 - Iraq's security forces and allied Shiite militias executed at least 255 Sunni prisoners as they fled a lightning jihadist-led advance last month, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. "Iraqi security forces and militias affiliated with the government appear to have unlawfully executed at least 255 prisoners... since June 9," the watchdog said in a statement. "The mass extrajudicial killings ... more

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