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UN rights boss urges states to repatriate ISIL fighters' families
[Al Jazeera] Thousands of relatives of suspected ISIS fighters should be taken back by their countries of origin, the United Nations...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. chief has said. Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council as it opened its annual summer session in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that children, in particular, had suffered "grievous violations" of their rights. "Foreign family members should be repatriated, unless they are to be prosecuted for crimes in accordance with international standards," she said. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 29,000 children of imported muscle in Syria, of which 20,000 are from Iraq. In total, more than 55,000 suspected ISIS fighters and their families have been detained in Syria and Iraq following the gang's collapse. Most of them are citizens of these two countries, but overall the suspected ISIS fighters come from nearly 50 countries, Bachelet said. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-25 |
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