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Islamic State militants tortured and abused Kurdish children in Syria: HRW

Islamic State militants tortured and abused Kurdish children in Syria: HRW

By Colleen Mallick on Nov 04, 2014 10:38 am
[JURIST] Kurdish children from Kobani, a city that sits on the Syrian-Turkish border, were tortured and abused [press release] by the Islamic State (IS), Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] reported Tuesday. IS reportedly abducted 153 Kurdish boys on May 29, 2014 and held them at a school in Manbij, 55 kilometers outside of Kobani. Many of the boys escaped or were released last summer, and the last 25 boys were released on October 29. Four of the boys gave...   +read more

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