UN report says IS putting literal price tags on abducted girls

The United Nations human rights report claims that militants of the Islamic State (IS) are literally putting price tags on abducted women and girls to sell them as merchandise in a major Iraqi city.

According to ABC News, the UN report says that UNAMI/OHCHR received a number of reports that an office for the sale of abducted women was opened in the al-Quds area of Mosul city.

The report said that women and girls were brought with price tags for the buyers to choose and negotiate the sale.

These buyers are reportedly said to be mostly youth belonging to the local communities.

The report suggested that IS was 'selling' these Yezidi women to the youth as a means of inducing them to join their ranks.

The human rights report said that some women managed to inform UNAMI/OHCHR that they had been forced to convert to Islam and were to be married to IS fighters and would be taken to destinations unknown.

The UN has accused the Islamic State (IS) of committing serious human rights abuses in Iraq.

According to the BBC, the UN says that "a staggering array" of human rights abuses has been committed by IS militants and associated armed groups over a nine week period in Iraq.

Iraqi security forces and their associates have also been accused of human rights violations.

The UN report says that abuses committed by the extremist group and its associates have an "apparent systematic and widespread character".

It also accuses the IS jihadists of tormenting religious and ethnic communities and of sexual abuse against women and girls.