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German court convicts Iraqi couple of enslaving Yazidi girls
The Munich Higher Regional Court also found them guilty of membership of the Islamic State group (IS).
The man, named only as Twana H.S. in line with German privacy rules, was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and severe sexual abuse of children.
His wife, Asia R. A., was handed a juvenile sentence of nine and a half years. The couple was arrested in Bavaria in 2024.
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Germany recognises these acts as genocide. The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office accused the two defendants of having been part of this systematic campaign, "the Islamic State's objective to destroy the Yazidi religion."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg53rp4e2j4o
The man, named only as Twana H.S. in line with German privacy rules, was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and severe sexual abuse of children.
His wife, Asia R. A., was handed a juvenile sentence of nine and a half years. The couple was arrested in Bavaria in 2024.
...
Germany recognises these acts as genocide. The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office accused the two defendants of having been part of this systematic campaign, "the Islamic State's objective to destroy the Yazidi religion."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg53rp4e2j4o
(sidenote: I'm surprised the German privacy rules of only giving initials for surnames still apply after a sentence has been passed)