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Hundreds of ISIS fighters have not been prosecuted for genocide after returning to UK: report

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More than 400 individuals who fought with the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria have returned to the United Kingdom without facing prosecution, according to a new report by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights.

The committee said no IS (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) fighters have been successfully prosecuted in the U.K. for war crimes, genocide or crimes against humanity.

The JCHR report, published last week, states that despite the U.K.'s recognition of these crimes — particularly its genocide of the Yazidi community in northern Iraq that began in 2014 — there has been no domestic accountability for these international offenses.

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