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July 2, 2014

U.N.: Iraq Suffers Deadliest Month Since 2007 
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On Tuesday, the United Nations confirmed June was Iraq's deadliest month
since 2007, with more than 2,400 killed. A spokesperson for the U.N.
Human Rights Office spoke in Geneva.

Ravina Shamdasani: "In June, a total of at least 1,531 civilians were
killed. The last time such a high number of civilians was killed in Iraq
was in 2007, in a single month. An additional 886 members of the Iraqi
security forces were killed. Another 1,763 civilians were injured in
June. We are consistently receiving reports of civilians being targeted,
kidnapped, harassed and killed by ISIL forces, and of indiscriminate
shelling of civilian areas. We have also received reports that ISIL
forces have been going door to door in Mosul, trying to forcibly recruit
young men to fight against ISF."

 

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