article_snippet: The advocacy group Human Rights Watch has documented what The advocacy group Human Rights Watch calls escalating "abuses by militias allied with Iraqi security forces in Sunni areas," pointing to instances in which residents have been forced from residents homes, kidnapped and executed.
article_snippet: Such treatment has happened in remote areas as well as the Iraqi capital, according to The advocacy group Human Rights Watch.
article_snippet: CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report.