Völkermord judgment: Swede condemned against Yazidis for atrocities!

Völkermord judgment: Swede condemned against Yazidis for atrocities!

Dohuk, Irak - In Sweden, a 52-year-old woman was sentenced to a draconian prison sentence of twelve years. During the rule of the Islamic State (IS), she had participated in cruel crimes against the Yazidi minority. In addition, the court found that the woman shared the ideological goals of IS that had the goal of destroying the Yazidis as a religious group. According to krone.at , the accused, which comes from Halmstad, held three women and their six children for months and forced them to become practicing Muslims.

horrific circumstances of the enslavement

The terrible experiences of these women are part of a larger picture of tortures and human rights violations, from which the Yazidis in the IS area had to suffer. A particularly urgent report by Spiegel.de describes the fate of women who tried to escape the horror. Khaula, one of these women, was held trapped by an IS fighter and desperately planned her escape. Finally, she managed to escape through a secret network - a process that included many dangerous hurdles, including crawling over mine fields.

Around 2000 women have already flee from the captivity of IS, but according to estimates there are still around 3500 to 7000 Yazidi women in slavery. The return and reintegration to society remains an immense challenge for the survivors. In Dohuk, a transition station for many Yazidis that flee from the IS terror, doctors and judges are ready to help pregnant women and their newborns. Doctors urgently demand safe abortion options for women who suffer from the trauma of rape and now have to bear the consequences. This dramatic situation illustrates the need to create a legal framework for the rights of the women who are urgently needed after the devastating war.