Many of the women held captive by the Islamic State have been raped several times. Some have tried to escape but are often handed back to the militants.The Islamic State (Isis) has executed 250 women in Mosul after they refused sexual sexual intercourse with jihadi fighters, according to Kurdish officials. Daesh (ISIS) has forced so-called 'sexual jihad' on thousands of women captured and they are sold on a sexual slavery market. The women are often transferred between fighters and forced into taking birth control. The AhlulBayt news agency has released that "at least 250" have been executed by Isis in the city "for refusing to accept the practice of sexual jihad, and sometimes the families of the girls were also executed for rejecting to submit to IS's request." The Yazidi's homeland near Mount Sinjar was taken in August 2014. Since then, over 700 rape victims from the ethnic group have been treated at just one clinic in northern Iraq.
According to gynaecologists based there just 5% became pregnant during their enslavement. (Edited from IbTimes- Image source Yalibnan
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