UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY IMPACT OF CONFLICT ON MINORITIES IN IRAQ IS DEVASTATING
GENEVA (25 July 2014) – Two United Nations human rights experts stated on Friday that ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq are bearing the brunt of the conflict that is once again engulfing the country. If protection measures are not taken urgently, they stressed, the impact of the conflict on minorities could be “devastating and irreversible.”“I am gravely concerned about the physical safety of several minority groups in Iraq, including Christians, Shia – a minority in the North -,…