UN expert says IS picks 'prettiest virgins' as sex slaves

After attacking villages and killing men, the Islamic State (IS) picks the "prettiest virgins" from the group of women it captures and sends them off to their Syrian stronghold to be sex slaves, a United Nations expert has said.

Zainab Bangura, a special representative of UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon on sexual violence, said that after capturing women, the militants stripped them naked and conducted virginity tests before sending them for slave auctions, reports The Mirror.

While noting that horrific reports were received about women who resisted the depraved jihadists, Bangura added that one of the victims was burnt alive for refusing to perform "extreme sexual acts."

 

Women are also promised to fighters as a recruitment tool or trafficked and forced to enter prostitution to raise funds.