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Hundreds of mass graves with 12,000 victims found in former ISIS territory in Iraq

Hundreds of mass graves with 12,000 victims have been found in a former ISIS territory in Iraq. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a report on the findings today, detailing evidence of the 202 mass graves they have uncovered. From 2014 to 2017 UNAMI/OHCHR recorded up to 30,000 civilian deaths in Iraq during the conflict with ISIS. Thousands are still not accounted for. Kelsey Zorzi, Director of Advocacy...

Police raid home of men arrested over Grenfell Tower effigy fire video

Police are searching the home of a father and son arrested after a vile video of revellers laughing at a Grenfell Tower effigy going up in flames. They were identified as Bobbi Connell, 19, and Clifford Smith, 49, who live in a terraced residential home in South Norwood, south London. They hosted a bonfire night party on Saturday night attended by a family and more than ten people where they filmed themselves taunting victims of the fire last June. A...

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