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UN rights chief condemns 'brutal' killings by ISIL of women politicians in Iraq

New York, Sept 25 (IBNS) The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday condemned the recent brutal, cold-blooded slaying by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of human rights defender Sameera Salih Ali Al-Nuaimy, as well as the continuing detention, sexual exploitation and sale of hundreds of women and girls in areas captured by the militant group.