THE Islamic State militant group tortured Kurdish children from the Syrian city of Kobane whom it held hostage for several months, Human Rights Watch says.
FOUR of the 153 children gave the New York-based rights group detailed accounts of being beaten, held in poor conditions, and forced to watch videos of beheadings and attacks carried out by the extremist group.
The children, aged 14 to 16, were among 250 Kurdish teenagers abducted on May 29 as they travelled home to Kobane after sitting middle school exams in the provincial capital, Aleppo.The jihadist group released all the girls within a few hours, but held 153 boys at a school in Manbij, a town 55 kilometres southwest of Kobane.Groups of them were released between June and October, with the last 25 reportedly being freed on Wednesday.Islamic State guards used an electric cable to beat children on the hands, back, and soles of their feet, especially when they misbehaved, one 15-year-old told HRW."One child who muttered 'Oh Mother!' when he was caught in another group's room was strung up, suspended with his hands tied behind his back, one foot tied to his hands, and told he should call on God, not his mother," another boy revealed.According to the four children interviewed by HRW, guards at the Manbij school beat children who tried to escape, did poorly in compulsory religious lessons, or did anything else perceived by their captors as misconduct.They added that children with relatives in the Kurdish People's Protection Units militia were treated especially badly."The four boys said they got no explanation for their release beyond that they had finished their religious training. They were given 150 Syrian pounds [1 dollar], a DVD with religious material, and let go," the watchdog said on Tuesday.Fred Abrahams, special adviser for children's rights at HRW, said that governments should swiftly implement UN Security Council resolutions aimed at curbing support for the jihadist group."To stem IS abuses, governments need to tackle its fundraising and recruitment," Abrahams said.In neighbouring Iraq, Kurdish news site Rudaw, quoting a government official, reported on Monday that the Kurdistan regional government had paid $US1.5 million ($A1.62 million) to buy the freedom of 234 members of the Yazidi minority held by the extremists.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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