US, Chile put spotlight on extremist attacks on LGBT peoplehttp://www.eveningsun.com/nation-world/ci_28636992/us-chile-put-spotlight-extremist-attacks-lgbt-peopleThe Evening Sun/By Edith M. Lederer Associated Press
Posted: 08/13/2015 07:18:23 PM EDT
"UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Chile are putting the spotlight on "the barbaric treatment" of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people by the Islamic State extremist group.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and Chile's U.N. Ambassador Cristian Barros Melet have invited members of the U.N. Security Council to an open meeting on Aug. 24 to hear from an Iraqi and a Syrian who have been targeted by the militant group for being gay, the head of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and others."
