Post by ck4829 on Mar 11, 2017 17:06:40 GMT
Amal Clooney denounces UN’s inaction as genocide of Yazidis by IS continues
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad are calling out the United Nations’ failure to bring Islamic State fighters to justice, urging the international body to start tracking down the perpetrators of genocide and put them on trial.
In searing speeches at United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday, Ms. Clooney, the high-profile human-rights lawyer, and Ms. Murad, a Yazidi woman enslaved by IS in 2014, said there is no excuse for the UN’s inaction.
“Don’t let this be another Rwanda, where you regret doing too little, too late,” said Ms. Clooney, who represents Yazidi victims of IS. “Don’t let ISIS get away with genocide,” she said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/human-rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-denounces-uns-inaction-as-genocide-of-yazidis-by-is-continues/article34262535/
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad are calling out the United Nations’ failure to bring Islamic State fighters to justice, urging the international body to start tracking down the perpetrators of genocide and put them on trial.
In searing speeches at United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday, Ms. Clooney, the high-profile human-rights lawyer, and Ms. Murad, a Yazidi woman enslaved by IS in 2014, said there is no excuse for the UN’s inaction.
“Don’t let this be another Rwanda, where you regret doing too little, too late,” said Ms. Clooney, who represents Yazidi victims of IS. “Don’t let ISIS get away with genocide,” she said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/human-rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-denounces-uns-inaction-as-genocide-of-yazidis-by-is-continues/article34262535/