A woman who held Yazidi women and children captive in Raqqa, Syria, during ISIS rule, was sentenced in Sweden for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
A Swedish court sentenced a woman to prison on Tuesday for genocide, crimes against humanity , and war crimes . The court found that the woman, who was not named, held six Yazidi children and three women captive in Raqqa , Syria in 2015 during the reign of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ). While held as slaves, the victims were forced to participate in Islamic religious practices, forbidden from observing their own religion and culture, and ordered to perform domestic chores.
The court stated that some of the victims were also assaulted and molested. The court detailed the horrific conditions the victims endured before being imprisoned by the sentenced woman. They had been captured by ISIS in August 2014 after attacks on Yazidi villages in Sinjar district, northern Iraq. Their male relatives were killed in the attacks, and the women were subjected to systematic rape by male ISIS members before being taken to the sentenced woman's home. The Stockholm District Court stated that the victims were held and abused in the woman's home for up to five months before she helped transfer them to be enslaved by other ISIS members. Some of the victims were freed by smugglers a few months after leaving the woman's home, but three of the children were not freed until years later. One young woman is still missing. The court emphasized the gravity of the crimes, stating that they represent a profound violation of fundamental human values and humanity. Exercising ownership over another human being, the court declared, is a grave violation of their dignity
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