(Local) A Swedish woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraqi court on Sunday for her involvement with the terror group Isis.
The woman has been imprisoned in Iraq since autumn when she was convicted of entering the country illegally. In October, a Baghdad court [acquitted] her on allegations that she belonged to Isis due to lack of evidence, but that ruling has now been overturned and she faces 15 years imprisonment, according to reports by Swedish broadcasters SVT and TV4.
Those media reports were confirmed by the Swedish Foreign Ministry on Sunday.
“We can confirm that she has been convicted of co-operating with Isis, but beyond that we have no comment,” ministry press officer Sofia Naring Bauer told TT.
