Sidar was only eight years old when Islamic State militants raided her village in Iraq two years ago, killing her siblings and father in front of her before abducting her. She was first bought by a 60-year-old IS fighter, who raped her for weeks before putting her up for sale. The girl’s ordeal continued for 14 months, as she was sold and resold and raped countless times. She eventually managed to escape and reach a refugee camp in Northern Iraq. She was alone. Then one day a psychologist visited the camp and took her back with him to Germany, where she is still undergoing psychological treatment.
Sidar is among 1,100 rape victims who Jan Ilhan Kizilhan has identified in Iraqi refugee camps and taken to Germany for treatment. Al-Monitor caught up with him last week on the sidelines of an international event in Geneva, where he received an award for his work.
