Islamic state

July 25, 2018

Methodist Church statement on the prosecution of two IS fighters

Church says even in the most difficult of cases, the nation’s commitment to human rights and dignity should remain steadfast.
July 4, 2018

French cement company accused of financing Islamic State

A French cement company is being investigated for complicity in crimes against humanity.
June 6, 2018

US-led Coalition's aerial attacks in Raqqa killed hundreds of civilians, says Amnesty

The UK carried out 215 airstrikes but claims it killed no civilians.
May 23, 2018

Islamic State and Taliban fighting over Afghan talc riches

Islamic State and the Taliban are fighting for control of Afghanistan's lucrative mineral mines.
January 11, 2018

'Proof of life' for journalist abducted a year ago in Syria

Almost exactly one year after South African freelance photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed was abducted by gunmen in northwestern Syria, his colleagues have obtained proof that he is still alive.
December 28, 2017

Yezidi fighters alleged to have executed Iraqi civilians

Yezidi fighters in Iraq allegedly forcibly disappeared and killed 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe in June 2017, Human Rights Watch has said.
December 8, 2017

Are extrajudicial killings UK policy?

The UK Defence Secretary, Gavin Willamson, has been widely criticised after apparently threatening to have citizens who fought for Isil/Daesh killed.
December 7, 2017

Defence Secretary criticised over call to 'hunt down and kill' UK Islamic State fighters

The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has said that Britons who go abroad to fight for Islamic State should be hunted down and killed. He suggested that armed forces fighting IS in Iraq and Syria may now be targeting British jihadis.
August 30, 2017

Tens of thousands of Syrian 'disappeared' must not be forgotten

The Syrian government and armed groups involved in the country's conflict must disclose the fate and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been forcibly disappeared or abducted since the onset of the crisis, said Amnesty International on the International Day of the Disappeared.
December 1, 2014

IS/ISIS and the dark side of modernity

Karen Armstrong, whose new book Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence invites far more subtle understanding of the relationship between faith and fratricide globally, has written a characteristically thoughtful piece on IS/ISIS for The New Statesman magazine: 'Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism'.