Amnesty: Iraqi Shiites retaliating against Sunnis

Amnesty International says
Iraq's Shiite militias have abducted and killed
"scores" of Sunni civilians in retaliation for the
onslaught of the Sunni militant Islamic State
group.

The rights watchdog says these attacks are
supported by Iraq's government, and that the
Shiites are not prosecuted for their crimes.
Amnesty's senior adviser Donatella Rovera is
accusing the Shiite-led government in Baghdad
of "sanctioning war crimes and fueling a
dangerous cycle of sectarian violence that is
tearing the country apart."

Amnesty says the fate of many of the Sunni
abductees remains unknown and that some
captives have been killed even after their
families paid ransoms of $80,000 and more.

The accusations, based on interviews with
families and survivors, came in a new Amnesty
report released Tuesday, entitled "Absolute
Impunity: Militia Rule in Iraq."

SOURCE::::::AP