Iraq: Yezidi women and girls face harrowing sexual violence

Torture, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, suffered by women and girls from Iraq’s Yezidi minority who were abducted by the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS), highlights the savagery of IS rule, said Amnesty International in a new briefing today.  Escape from hell- Torture, sexual slavery in Islamic State captivity … Continue reading Iraq: Yezidi women and girls face harrowing sexual violence