On 27 July 2022, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg convicted German ISIS member Jalda A. of aiding and abetting genocide as well as of crimes against humanity and war crimes for the enslavement and abuse of a young Yazidi woman, “M”. The defendant was sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
WeiterlesenPress statement: Earlier this month, a U.S. federal jury in Virginia convicted former ISIS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh – a member of the so-called “Beatles” cell – for his role in the killing of four American hostages.
WeiterlesenIn Germany’s 3rd conviction of an ISIS member, courts recognized “enslavement and religious and gender-based persecution as crimes against humanity.” Germany has set a precedent for accountability. It’s time for other nations to step up and deliver justice for every Yazidi survivor.
WeiterlesenGermany is the first country to try ISIS perpetrators for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and human trafficking. An Iraqi ISIS fighter and his wife are both being tried for crimes committed against the Yazidis.
WeiterlesenOn 9 April 2019, the trial of Jennifer W, a 27-year-old German citizen, will begin in the Higher Regional Court of Munich.
WeiterlesenAmal Clooney is one giant step closer to achieving her longtime goal of holding ISIS accountable for its war crimes.
WeiterlesenBritain, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, a woman from the Yazidi religious minority who was enslaved and raped by Islamic State fighters in Mosul, have been pushing Iraq to allow a U.N. inquiry.
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