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I was a Yazidi Slave

17/11/2018 GMT

I Was a Yazidi Slave 

Why Slavery?

I Was a Yazidi Slave

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A story following the Yazidi women's journey and survival of sexual violence.

The story of Shirin and Lewiza, two Yazidi women captured by IS, who escaped to Germany thanks to the intervention of Dr Jan Kizilhan, an expert on trauma.

In August 2014 an Islamic State massacre of unimaginable proportions took place among the Yazidi people in Sinjar, northern Iraq. Young Yazidi women were separated from the old and taken to the Galaxy Cinema in Mosul. There they were paraded, selected, enslaved, tortured and systematically raped. Some were only 11 years old. We follow the Yazidi women's journey to recovery and ask how survivors of sexual violence can find justice and a path to rehabilitation. This is their story.

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Uncovering the lives of men, women and children living as modern day slaves.

Five documentary films uncover the lives of men, women and children living as modern day slaves in all corners of the world.

Five documentary films uncover the lives of men, women and children living as modern day slaves in all corners of the world. Whether it is the deeply flawed Kafala System in the Middle East or the prolific number of children bought and sold in India, the WHY SLAVERY? series will shine a light on the millions of lives lived in the shadows of enslavement.

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