ISIS stones man to death for adultery

ISIS has released images of a man suspected of adultery being stoned to death - as the United Nations said the terror group has executed at least 30 people for being gay.

The first-ever UN Security Council meeting highlighted the 'barbaric treatment' of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in territory held by the extremist group, reports dailymail.

Jessica Stern, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, told the council that militant courts in Iraq and Syria claim to have punished homosexuality through stoning, firing squads, beheadings and pushing men off tall buildings.

Meanwhile horrific pictures were posted online of hooded fighters stoning a man to death in Nineveh, Iraq - apparently for cheating on his wife.

Fear of Islamic State has fuelled violence by other militias and 'private actors' against LGBT individuals, Ms Stern told the privately-held meeting at UN headquarters in New York.

In her remarks, which were released publicly, she stressed that persecution of LGBT people in Iraq and Syria began long before the emergence of Islamic State militants and 'murder is only the most extreme form of violence.'

'In addition to men perceived as gay, trans-identified people and lesbians are among those who have been raped and killed,' she added.

The Islamic State group is now in control of about a third of Syria and Iraq.

Ms Stern called for specific strategies to combat LGBT attacks, including UN action to relocate those most in need and bringing the gay community into broader human rights and humanitarian initiatives.

'It's about time, 70 years after the creation of the UN, that the fate of LGBT persons who fear for their lives around the world is taking center stage,' said U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power, who organized the meeting on violence and discrimination against LGBT people with Chile's UN envoy.

President Barack Obama has strongly supported LGBT rights, and Monday's meeting follows the June 27 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriages in all 50 states. Chile's President Michelle Bachelet declared in April 2013 that she supports same-sex marriage and would seek to legalize it, though that hasn't happened yet.

In June a report by the UN human rights chief said at least 76 countries retain laws used to criminalise and harass people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, including laws criminalising consensual same-sex relationships among adults.

France's UN Mission tweeted during Monday's meeting that 'Violence, discriminations based on sexual orientation by #Daesh #ISIS may constitute international crimes.'