Amal Clooney – Eye on Islamism

German court finds former ‘IS’ member guilty of genocide A German court has found a former 'Islamic State' member guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity for the 2015 killing of a 5-year-old girl, sentencing him to life in prison.

November 30, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) Frankfurt’s Higher Regional Court on Tuesday found 29-year-old Taha A.-J. guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity resulting in death, sentencing him to life in prison. The Frankfurt case is the first in the world to decide whether a former member […]

World’s first trial for genocide against Yazidis set to conclude in Germany

November 29, 2021 Sandrine Amiel

(Euronews) An unprecedented trial is due to end on Tuesday in Frankfurt, Germany. Taha Al-J. is the first alleged jihadist prosecuted for genocide against the Yazidis. The Kurdish-speaking minority was persecuted and enslaved by members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group […]

Amal Clooney lauds German court for conviction of IS member

July 26, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) High-profile human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad on Monday lauded a German court for convicting a former Islamic State member of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for her involvement in the enslavement of two […]

German court tries IS jihadist over Yazidi genocide

April 24, 2020 Annalena Doerner

(AFP) An Iraqi man believed to have belonged to the Islamic State group went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of genocide and murdering a child belonging to the Yazidi minority who he held as a slave. Taha al-Jumailly, 27, also […]

German IS woman accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die of thirst

April 9, 2019 Ralf Isermann and Frank Zeller

(AFP) A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group went on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi “slave” girl die of thirst in the sun. The case against Jennifer Wenisch, 27, is believed to […]

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