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Survivor of the Yezidi Genocide 2014 ✦ Voice for oppressed peoples ✦ Human rights activist ✦ Tweets in English • Deutsch • العربية • Kurmancê
May 11, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
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 Image 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 ImageImage