Nadia Murad Basee Taha, aged 21, was just one of hundreds of women abducted by ISIS from Syria and Iraq for use as a sex slave. The Yazidi woman recently called on the united nations to take action to draw attention to the plight of women like her who have suffered at the hands of terriorists. In the framework of this campaign, she met with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in order to share her story and draw attention to the problems that captured women face.

She thanked the president for giving her an opportunity to express the problems she faces. “I was lucky enough to escape from Daesh unlike thousands of other girls that were abducted,” she said. “Daesh attacked on March 3, 2014. They killed the men and took the children. They took them to their camp whose base is in Mosul, Syria, but took us elsewhere to warriors at different regions. Every day they sold us to daesh militants either in Syria or Iraq. I didn’t stay long. I was there for just three months, but more than twelve militants or warriors, daesh rebels took me. They took my siblings, they killed my colleagues and held me hostage. A year has passed since then, but these atrocities continue until this day against the minority.”

Pavlopoulos greeted the woman as a modern symbol of bravery of human value and dignity. He confirmed that the criminals of daesh are enemies of democracy and culture committing crimes against humanity.