Nihad Berekat has been in Toowoomba for nine months. She arrived with her two brothers and one sister. Nihad like thousands of Yazidi women was a captive of ISIS and used as a sex slave. She was 15 when ISIS captured her.
Nihad was captive for the period of one year and three months. During this time she was sold three times as a sex slave. The third time she was sold she was raped and fell pregnant. After the birth of the child she escaped from ISIS and left the baby behind. The boy will turn two in July.
During her captivity with ISIS she was treated inhumanely and suffered enormously due to their brutal treatments.
Nihad’s two brothers and two male cousins are still missing and no one knows whether they are dead or alive.
Recently a mass grave containing bodies of dozens of people thought to be Yazidis enslaved by ISIS group was found in northern Syria with many of the victims being women.
Yazidi communities in Toowoomba, Wagga Wagga and Coffs Harbour held rallies to highlight their plight.
We spoke to Nihad Barakat regarding her time of captivity with ISIS, her plea to the Australian government and the peaceful rally she attended in Toowoomba.
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Nihad Berekat berî neh mehan bi hin endamên ji malbata xwe hat Australya. Nîhad keçeke Êzîdiye û di dema fermana DAISH ya bi ser Shingalê de ew û gelek ji endamên malbata wê hatin girtin.
Dema DAISH Nîhad girt temenê wê 15 sal bûn. Nîhad salekê u sê mehan di destê DAISH de girtî bû û gelek te’de û destdirêjî lê bû. Sê caran hat kirrîn û firotin. Cara dawiyê ku hat firotin zarokekî wê di encama destdirêjiya DAISH jê re çê bû. Piştî peydabûna zarokî ew ji destê DAISHê reviya û zarok li şûna xwe hîşt.
Ta nuha 2 bra û 2 pismame wê hîn winda ne û tiştekî li ser wan nedizanin, mirîn e yan zindî ne.
Em bi Nîhad re li ser dijwariyên dema ew di destê DAISH de bû û herweha derbarê dîtina laşê 50 jinên Êzîdî ye serjêkirî ku berî çend rojan civaka Êzîdî li Australya derketin meşeke aştiyane peyvîn.