U.N.'s Bachelet says 55,000 linked to IS in Syria, Iraq should be tried or freed

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that 55,000 captured Is...

FILE PHOTO: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks at a news conference after meeting with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Fausto Torrealba

States “must assume responsibility for their nationals” and should not inflict statelessness on fighters’ children who have already suffered so much, Bachelet also told the U.N. Human Rights Council as it opened a three-week session in Geneva.

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