Amnesty International says it has uncovered 'gruesome' evidence of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq by Islamic State.
The NGO says IS has transformed areas of Sinjar into blood soaked killing fields.
Amnesty says the massacres and abductions being carried out by IS are proof of a wave of war crimes against minorities.
It's has published accounts of survivors who describe how dozens of men and boys in the Sinjar region were massacred, while hundreds, possibly thousands of Yazidi women and children were abducted since IS took control of the region.
Amnesty says the Iraqi government should focus on protecting all civilians - rather than arming Shia militias.
Donatella Rovera is senior crisis response advisor for Amnesty and is currently in Northern Iraq;
