Surviving ISIS sex slave speaks out
Nadia Murad in December. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) A former Islamic State sex slave who said she saw her family slaughtered in front of her is calling on humanity to “be united in facing ISIS.” Nadia Murad, 21, made the comments during a speech at London’s Trade Union Congress House, The Mirror reported Sunday. Murad, from the Iraqi town of Sinjar, said she was orphaned after ruthless ISIS militants killed six of her brothers and her mother. "When they took me to Mosul and raped me, I forgot my mother and brothers. Because what they were doing to the women was more difficult than death," she said. Murad said she was among the more than 5,000 Yazidi women taken captive when ISIS swept through the region, many of which were sold into the sex trade. "They were committing all kinds; murder, rape and displacing people by force in the name of Islam,” she said, through tears, according to The Mirror. "Many people may think my story is difficult, but many mor