London, UK. 10th December 2016. A group of women protesters from WAVE (Women's Action against Violent Extremism) held placards in Parliament Square before coming to protest at Downing St calling for help for the Yazidi women who were targeted and captured by ISIS (Da'esh) in Iraq. ISIS see the Yazidi as devil worshippers who they want to purge to purify the country from non-Islamic influences. They subjected the women to physical and sexual violence, including systematic rape and sex slavery. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 10th December 2016. A group of women protesters from WAVE (Women's Action against Violent Extremism) held placards in Parliament Square before coming to protest at Downing St calling for help for the Yazidi women who were targeted and captured by ISIS (Da'esh) in Iraq. ISIS see the Yazidi as devil worshippers who they want to purge to purify the country from non-Islamic influences. They subjected the women to physical and sexual violence, including systematic rape and sex slavery. The UN in 2014 reported that more than 5000 Yazidis had been murdered and 5-7,000 abducted. Over 3,400 are believed to be still held. Recently UN goodwill ambassador Nadia Murad Basee Taha who escaped from ISIS in 2014 started of 16 days of action urging Britain to save the lives of thousands of Yazidi women and girls by extending the UK resettlement policy for vulnerable people fleeing the war in Syria to include them. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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