GENEVA: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (pix) said Monday crimes committed against Christians in the Middle East were tantamount to “genocide”, joining other high-ranking diplomats in calling for action.
Like other minorities, Christians have been the target of brutal violence waged by jihadists in countries such as Libya or Syria.
“There are awful crimes, Christians are killed, they are burnt alive, 21 Egyptian Copts have been beheaded in Libya, all these are signs of genocide following the definition of the UN,” Lavrov said on the sidelines of the main annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Source: theSun
