News broke out last week that militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group were trying to sell Yazidi women as sex slaves on social media sites such as Facebook. Some of the women under their captivity were advertised to be sold for up to $8,000.
One IS fighter, who calls himself Abu Assad Almani, posted photos on May 20 of two Yazidi sex slaves on his Facebook page that he wanted to sell. The militant posted the first picture of a young girl with a caption: “She is for sale. To all the bros thinking about buying a slave, this one is $8,000”.
A second picture of another girl was posted by the same man a few hours later. “Another sabiyah [slave], also about $8,000,” the posting reads. “Yay, or nay?”
