When 19 Yazidi girls were put inside an Iron Cage and Burned to death by Islamists for Refusing to be Séx slaves
The tragic story of the 19 Yazidi girls who were brutally murdered by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in 2015 highlights the horrific atrocities data-faced by the Yazidi community during the group's reign of terror. The Yazidi people, an ethnic and religious minority primarily from northern Iraq, were specifically targeted by isis due to their beliefs, which the militants deemed "heretical." Thousands of Yazidi women and girls were captured, enslaved, and subjected to sexual violence and abuse by isis fighters.
In one of the most horrifying incidents, 19 Yazidi girls were reportedly burned to death in the city of Mosul after refusing to become sex slaves for the militants. According to survivors and witnesses, these young women were locked inside an iron cage in a public square and set on fire as a barbaric form of punishment for their defiance. This brutal execution was meant to serve as an example and to terrorize others into submission.
The massacre of the Yazidis, including mass killings, sexual enslavement, and forced conversions, has been widely condemned as genocide by the international community. Efforts to bring justice for the Yazidi people continue, with survivors seeking accountability for the war crimes committed by isis, and many still searching for their missing family members.