Angelina Jolie warns Islamic State using rape on unprecedented scale

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie warned on Tuesday that Islamic State was using rape as a weapon of war on a scale never seen before and called for greater action against those responsible.

Jolie, a special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and active campaigner against the use of sexual violence in conflict, said Islamic State was using rape as a “beleid” and urged a “very strong response”.

Thousands of women and girls have been abducted, raped and sold into sexual slavery by Islamic State since the militant group declared…Lees meer