On 3 August, 2014, ISIS launched a genocide against the Yezidis living in Sinjar, northern Iraq, which led to the death and disappearance of thousands. Layla, was kidnapped and forced to become a sex slave. She was sold eight times. 1/3 
In this photo taken on September 9, 2019, Yezidi Layla Taloo poses for a portrait in the full-face veil and abaya she wore while enslaved by Islamic State militants, at her home in Sharia, Iraq. Her two and a half year ordeal in captivity underscores how 2/3
IS members continually ignored the rules the group tried to impose on the slave system. "They explained everything as permissible. They called it Islamic law. They raped women, even young girls," said Taloo, who was owned by eight men 3/3
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