{"id":4012,"date":"2017-04-02T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/"},"modified":"2017-04-02T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T11:27:09","slug":"human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights.<\/h4>\n<h4>The children are being held around the Large Mosque on the western bank of Mosul to halt the advance of the coalition forces currently trying to wrestle western Mosul from ISIS\u2019 grip, said Mustafa Sa\u2019adoun, who heads the IOHR.<\/h4>\n<h4>The U.S. top military staffer in Iraq, Lt.-Gen. Stephen Townsend, also believes ISIS is using human shields. But, he added, this will not stop the push against ISIS.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. \u00a0 The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. The children are being held around the Large Mosque on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[292,71,33,85],"class_list":["post-4012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-children","tag-human-rights-watch","tag-iraq","tag-isis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. \u00a0 The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. The children are being held around the Large Mosque on &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-02T11:27:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/\",\"name\":\"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-02T11:27:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-02T11:27:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":394},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields - Shia Waves","og_description":"The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. \u00a0 The so-called Islamic State (ISIS)seized 197 children and is using them as human shields, according to the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. The children are being held around the Large Mosque on &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2017-04-02T11:27:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":394,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/","name":"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg","datePublished":"2017-04-02T11:27:09+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-02T11:27:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/images_2017_04_01_06.jpg","width":700,"height":394},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4012-human-rights-watchdog-isis-using-197-kids-as-human-shields\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Human Rights Watchdog: ISIS using 197 kids as human shields"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}