A German court has convicted an Iraqi couple of enslaving two Yazidi girls while they were members of the Islamic State group, with the man receiving a life sentence and his wife sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The Munich Higher Regional Court found Twana H.S. and Asia R. A. guilty of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, severe abuse of children, and membership in Islamic State. The couple was arrested in Bavaria in 2024. Twana H.S., whose full name was withheld under German privacy rules, received a life sentence.
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