Amnesty international: Yazidi women forced into slavery

Amnesty international: Yazidi women forced into slavery –

RT – Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Yazidi women and girls from the age of 12 have been affected by violence from Islamic State militants, being sold as sex slaves or given as gifts, says Amnesty International. This drives some of the victims to suicide.

“Hundreds of Yazidi women and girls have had their lives shattered by the horrors of sexual violence and sexual slavery in IS [Islamic State] captivity,” said Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Response Advisor.

In August 2014, IS fighters abducted “hundreds, possibly thousands, of Yazidi men, women and children”from the Sinjar region in northwestern Iraq.

“Younger women and girls, some as young as 12, were …sold, given as gifts or forced to marry IS fighters and supporters. Many have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, and have likewise been pressured into converting to Islam.”