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21 year old lady abducted, held as sex slave for three months by ISIS

Resolution: The UN has said ISIS may be carrying out genocide on the Yazidis {Photo Courtesy}

A young Yazidi woman who was tortured and treated as a sex slave for three months by ISIS fighters has bravely revealed her horrific ordeal.

"Rape was used to destroy women and girls and to guarantee that these women could never lead a normal life again," Nadia Murad Basee Taha, 21, told the UN Security Council.

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