Yazidi women are still addicted to ISIS withholding camps, have unveiled a new Sky News documentary.
In ten years of darkness: Isis & the Yazidis, Sky News’ special correspondent Alex Crawford provides an in -depth portrait of a community that faces unthinkable violence.
The documentary Chronicle Chronicle The Systematic Slaughter of the Yazidi people in Sinjar in 2014, the mass abductions of women and children, and the subsequent humanitarian crisis that still echo today, with many Yazidi women who have been addicted to ten years.
Through the original, on-the-soil eyewitness footage of rescue operations in detention camps and the male reunions, Crawford brings in a sharp focus on the Yazidi community’s relentless search for the missing and their ongoing struggle for justice.
The documentary contains the story of Kovan, a young Yazidi from Northern Irak whose life was overturned when she was kidnapped by ISIS Militants at the age of 14, and Farida Khalaf, a Yazidi writer and human rights activist whose town, Kocho in northern Iraq, was attacked by Isis.
The memoir of Ms Khalaf, the girl who beats Isis, tells her experiences and she became an international advocate, met with world leaders and testified about issues of justice and human rights and playing an active role in campaigns to account for ISIS offenders.
Other contributors to the documentary include Dr Shiraz Maher, director of the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Dr Jan Kizilhan, a German-Koerdic trauma expert and professor who specializes in the treatment of war and genocide survivors, who subjected Isis with Yazidi women and children.
The documentary contains raw footage from Crawford’s extensive reporting during a decade from the Middle East, especially in Syria, which gives the audience a first-hand investigation into war zones and how people subjected to terrorist pieces are restored.
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Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford said: ‘I have reported more than a decade about the horrors facing the Yazidis, and tells the disturbing stories of the women and children taken as slaves, raped by Isis.
“The alarming truth – which we explore in this film – is that thousands of them are still held captive and that this brutality continues.”
David Rhodes, executive chairman of Sky News, said: “This film was made possible by our continued investment on the ground reports that provide deeply analysis and insight into the whole world.
“Alex’s eyewitness reports over an extensive period show the full story, setting out the context and history and setting out new, horrific revelations that viewers otherwise would not know.”
10 years of darkness: Isis & the Yazidis will be available on Sky News Platforms on May 2
