ISIS is reportedly holding 3500 women and children as slaves in Iraq

#ISIS #yazidis #iraq As per UN reports released in Geneva, the ISIS is holding nearly 3500 women and children as slaves in Iraq - most of them belong to the Yazidi community, but there are many others from other ethnic and religious minority groups. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the UN's human rights office have documented innumerable instances of abuses which in some cases would be treated as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 19 January 2016.

The revelation goes on to indicate that the ISIS militants have imposed a harsh rule marked by gruesome public executions that include shooting, beheading, bulldozing, burning people alive and throwing them off the top of buildings. Moreover, there are verified reports on child soldiers - nearly 800 - 900 youngsters had been abducted in the Iraqi city of Mosul for military and religious training.
Other shocking statistics are - between the beginning of 2014 and the end of October 2015, at least 18,802 civilians had been killed in Iraq, and another 36,245 wounded.
It may be recalled that the Islamic State had made its main incursion into Iraq in the summer of 2014 and had swept across the northern and western areas.
The casualty figures are only for those who were killed or maimed by overt violence, but there are countless others who have died from the lack of access to basic amenities like food, water or medical care.

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Slavery in 21st century Britain – eight ‘slaves’ rescued from a caravan site in Bedfordshire

It is a surprise that in the 21st century, slavery exists in Britain news.sky.com – reports indicate that four people of Gypsy Lane have been arrested after eight "slaves" were rescued during a raid on a caravan site in Bedfordshire.
The alleged victims or slaves were seven men aged between 20 and 46, and a 17-year-old boy – they had been kept locked up at the Greenacres site near Leighton Buzzard. Initial investigations by the police tend to suggest that some of the victims had been held there for "many years" and are believed to be in a "poor state of physical health".
The police have shifted some of them for medical and psychological treatment to an undisclosed location. The four residents of the Gipsy Lane site, two men and two women, have been arrested under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Incidentally, a team of some 65 officers, including a helicopter, firearms and dog unit, had been involved in the dawn raid which came after a lengthy investigation into reports that a number of people were being held as "modern slaves". It may be recalled that in 2011, 24 "slaves" had been found at the site after a police raid and, at the time, four people had been convicted.
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