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Iraq: Government-Backed Forces Detain, Beat Villagers

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A man walks on a road east of Mosul with a large herd of sheep to flee ISIS-controlled territory. © 2016 John Beck

Robbed Them of Village’s Flock of Sheep

Beirut –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016.  A prominent group within the Iraqi government-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), detained and beat shepherds, including a boy, from a village near Mosul on November 3, 2016, on suspicion of Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliation, Human Rights Watch said today.

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