Yazidi woman begs U.N. Security Council to wipe out Islamic State | Reuters

Yazidi woman begs U.N. Security Council to wipe out Islamic State | Reuters



 "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 15-member council's first meeting on human trafficking.



 

Nadia Murad Basee, a 21-year-old Iraqi
woman of the Yazidi faith, speaks to members of the Security Council
during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York,
December 16, 2015.

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