Wednesday, 10 June 2015

ISIS slave markets sell girls for 'as little as a pack of cigarettes', UN envoy says

ISIS slave markets sell girls for 'as little as a pack of cigarettes', UN envoy says

Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets “for as little as a pack of cigarettes”, the UN envoy on sexual violence said on Monday. Zainab Bangura visited Iraq and Syria in April, and has since been working on an action plan to address the horrific sexual violence being waged by Isis fighters. “This is a war that is being fought on the bodies of women,” Bangura said.
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