Swedish woman convicted of genocide for IS crimes against Yazidis
Jihadist group Islamic State killed about 5,000 Yazidis and enslaved thousands more A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after she joined jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
Woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Syria jailed by Swedish court
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday jailed by a Swedish court on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes.
Sweden sentences woman to 12 years for role in ISIS-perpetrated crimes against Yazidis
Stockholm’s District Court on Tuesday convicted a 56-year-old woman to 12 years in prison for crimes against humanity, genocide, and gross war crimes committed against Yazidi women and children in Syria’s northern province of Raqqa.
Woman jailed in Sweden for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria
The 52-year-old gets 12 years in jail for ‘genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes’ by ISIL in 2015.
Sweden: Woman jailed for 12 years for genocide and war crimes against Yazidis
A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after joining the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Lina Ishaq,
Swedish woman convicted of genocide
A Swedish court has sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges – in the country’s first criminal case over Islamic State’s persecution of Yazidis...
Swedish member of Islamic State found guilty of genocide against Yazidis
A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria while she was a member of Islamic State.View on euronews
Sweden Sentences Woman to 12 Years in Prison for Genocide, War Crimes in Syria
A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious minority,
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