German court convicts Iraqi couple of enslaving Yazidi girls
A German court convicted an Iraqi couple, identified only as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A., of enslaving Yazidi girls. The pair had left Germany for Iraq in 2015 and joined the Islamic State group.
A German court convicted an Iraqi couple, identified only as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A., of enslaving Yazidi girls. The pair had left Germany for Iraq in 2015, where they joined the Islamic State group.
The trial forms part of a broader accountability effort over the enslavement of thousands of Yazidi women and girls during the group's control of territory in Iraq and Syria. Germany is among the countries that have exercised universal jurisdiction in such cases.
Human rights groups say the verdict could offer victims a measure of justice, even if a limited one. Representatives of the Yazidi community continue to call for more such cases to be pursued worldwide.
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