UN: Islamic State Uses Murder Against Libyan Dissenters

The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights reports the Islamic State Group is resorting to reprisal killings and other barbaric measures to crush dissent in Sirte, Libya. The U.N. human rights office says it is extremely concerned by the brutality with which Islamic State militants recently squashed a rebellion by Libyan civilians in the city of Sirte.   Fighting erupted in the city on August 10 after IS fighters shot dead a local Imam known for his opposition to...

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