(Courthouse News) Two women kept as slaves by members of the Islamic State militant group described their experiences in captivity, including losing children, in a Dutch court on Wednesday.
The women, referred to by the court as Z. and S. for privacy reasons, say they were forced to cook and clean for Hasna Aarab, a 33-year-old Dutch woman who has been charged with crimes against humanity at The Hague District Court.
“How could she live with herself that I had to live separated from my children, while she was also a mother who couldn’t bear to be without her children for even a minute? I burned inside when I saw her with her son while I did not have my own children around me,” S. testified. She was present in the high-security courtroom near Schiphol airport but was obscured by a screen while addressing the court.
