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Amended Iraqi Law Makes Women 2nd Class Citizens, Says Human Rights Body
Human Rights Watch criticised Iraq's amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women's rights and makes them "second class citizens".
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Iraq Closer To Amending Law That Allows Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls: Report
The proposed changes would mark a shift from the 1959 legislation, also known as Law 188.
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Gloves Are On For These Women In Iraq Punching At "Macho Society" Taboos
Iraqi boxer Bushra al-Hajjar jumps into the ring, gloves raised to eye level, and strikes out at her sparring partner.
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5-Km-Long Artwork Pays Homage To Abused Iraq Kurd Women
Along a five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of road in Sulaimaniyah, an Iraqi Kurdish artist on Monday unveiled a stitched collage of clothes from women survivors of domestic violence.
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At Least 5 Iraqi Civilians Killed In Anti-US Rocket Attack
Three Iraqi children and two women from the same family were killed Monday when a rocket targeting Baghdad airport, where US troops are stationed, fell instead on their home, the army said.
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Iraqi Women Accused Of ISIS Ties Subjected To Sexual Abuse And Isolation At Camps: Reports
In December, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared "complete" victory over Islamic State militants after Iraqi forces backed by American advisers and air power clawed back major cities occupied by the extremists for years.
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For Joining ISIS, 16 Turkish Women Sentenced To Death By Iraq Court
An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death for joining the terrorist group ISIS, a judicial spokesman said.
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'Somebody Had To Tell These Stories': An Iraqi Woman's Ordeal As An ISIS Sex Slave
Islamic State militants have lost the last of their strongholds, but for Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad, a new battle is just beginning.
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Red Cross Says Seven Treated For Exposure To Toxic Agents Near Mosul
Five children and two women are receiving treatment for exposure to chemical agents near the Iraqi city of Mosul, where ISIS is fighting US-backed Iraqi forces, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.
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A Yazidi Woman Shares Her Story Of Terror At The Hands Of The Islamic State
On Aug. 15, 2014, Islamic State fighters who had surrounded her small Iraqi town for days ordered Nadia Murad and other Yazidis to walk to the local school, where men were to head upstairs, women downstairs. A sight along the way terrified the 20-year-old even more: backhoes at work. She'd seen videos of Islamic State fighters filling mass graves. ...
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Iraqi Forces Free Group Of Yazidi Women From ISIS: Ministry
Iraqi security forces freed a group of Yazidi women held captive by ISIS in a covert operation behind the group's lines, a defence ministry statement said on Wednesday.It did not say how many women were freed, when or where.
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40 Bodies Found In Mass Grave In Iraq's Ramadi
Iraqi forces have found more than 40 bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave in the city of Ramadi west of Baghdad, which they recently retook from ISIS militants, officials said.
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From Brides to Battlefield, New Roles for Women With Islamic State
Women travelling to join Islamic State militants are no longer just seeking to become "jihadi brides" but are taking on new roles, on the frontline in logistics and intelligence and as medics, according to military and expert sources.
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Islamic State Burying Children Alive in Iraq, Says United Nations
Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and killing other youth, including by crucifixion or burying them alive, a United Nationswatchdog said on Wednesday.
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Islamic State Abusing Women, Excising Them From Public Life: Report
Extremists are working to excise women from public life across the territory controlled by the Islamic State group, stretching hundreds of kilometers from the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the west to the edges of the Iraqi capital in the east.
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Amended Iraqi Law Makes Women 2nd Class Citizens, Says Human Rights Body
Human Rights Watch criticised Iraq's amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women's rights and makes them "second class citizens".
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Iraq Closer To Amending Law That Allows Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls: Report
The proposed changes would mark a shift from the 1959 legislation, also known as Law 188.
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Gloves Are On For These Women In Iraq Punching At "Macho Society" Taboos
Iraqi boxer Bushra al-Hajjar jumps into the ring, gloves raised to eye level, and strikes out at her sparring partner.
-
5-Km-Long Artwork Pays Homage To Abused Iraq Kurd Women
Along a five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of road in Sulaimaniyah, an Iraqi Kurdish artist on Monday unveiled a stitched collage of clothes from women survivors of domestic violence.
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At Least 5 Iraqi Civilians Killed In Anti-US Rocket Attack
Three Iraqi children and two women from the same family were killed Monday when a rocket targeting Baghdad airport, where US troops are stationed, fell instead on their home, the army said.
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Iraqi Women Accused Of ISIS Ties Subjected To Sexual Abuse And Isolation At Camps: Reports
In December, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared "complete" victory over Islamic State militants after Iraqi forces backed by American advisers and air power clawed back major cities occupied by the extremists for years.
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For Joining ISIS, 16 Turkish Women Sentenced To Death By Iraq Court
An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death for joining the terrorist group ISIS, a judicial spokesman said.
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'Somebody Had To Tell These Stories': An Iraqi Woman's Ordeal As An ISIS Sex Slave
Islamic State militants have lost the last of their strongholds, but for Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad, a new battle is just beginning.
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Red Cross Says Seven Treated For Exposure To Toxic Agents Near Mosul
Five children and two women are receiving treatment for exposure to chemical agents near the Iraqi city of Mosul, where ISIS is fighting US-backed Iraqi forces, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.
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A Yazidi Woman Shares Her Story Of Terror At The Hands Of The Islamic State
On Aug. 15, 2014, Islamic State fighters who had surrounded her small Iraqi town for days ordered Nadia Murad and other Yazidis to walk to the local school, where men were to head upstairs, women downstairs. A sight along the way terrified the 20-year-old even more: backhoes at work. She'd seen videos of Islamic State fighters filling mass graves. ...
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Iraqi Forces Free Group Of Yazidi Women From ISIS: Ministry
Iraqi security forces freed a group of Yazidi women held captive by ISIS in a covert operation behind the group's lines, a defence ministry statement said on Wednesday.It did not say how many women were freed, when or where.
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40 Bodies Found In Mass Grave In Iraq's Ramadi
Iraqi forces have found more than 40 bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave in the city of Ramadi west of Baghdad, which they recently retook from ISIS militants, officials said.
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From Brides to Battlefield, New Roles for Women With Islamic State
Women travelling to join Islamic State militants are no longer just seeking to become "jihadi brides" but are taking on new roles, on the frontline in logistics and intelligence and as medics, according to military and expert sources.
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Islamic State Burying Children Alive in Iraq, Says United Nations
Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and killing other youth, including by crucifixion or burying them alive, a United Nationswatchdog said on Wednesday.
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Islamic State Abusing Women, Excising Them From Public Life: Report
Extremists are working to excise women from public life across the territory controlled by the Islamic State group, stretching hundreds of kilometers from the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the west to the edges of the Iraqi capital in the east.
