UN urged to label Isis crimes against Yazidi community as ‘genocide’

Killings of minority groups by Isis should be recognised as genocide, a group of more than 60 parliamentarians have said in a letter to the prime minister.

 

The call for Cameron to use his influence to persuade the UN to action comes after news of the systematic killing of Syrian Christians and Yazidis, which, if true, would mean that Isis have committed war crimes in Iraq.

 

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