In Germany, the prosecution of ISIS terrorists who killed the Yezidi population continues
In recent months, the perpetrators of the genocide of the Yezidis have begun to appear before the German justice system, so that they could answer for their crimes. In a landmark case, Jennifer Wenisch, a German convert to Islam who was part of the so-called ISIS "morality police" in Mosul, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She and her husband chained a five-year-old Yezidi girl to a fence under the scorching sun, where the child died in agony from thirst. Another woman, Omayma Abdi, was sentenced to four years in prison as a member of the ISIS terrorist group, later this person received an additional six months in prison after admitting that she owned Yezidi slaves.
Germany has taken unprecedented steps to prosecute ISIL members, conducting structural investigations of terrorist crimes against Yazidis, using the tool of universal jurisdiction to prosecute suspects in international crimes. Much of the credit for these efforts belongs to Christian Ritcher, who headed the German War Crimes Unit and currently heads the Investigation Team for Bringing to Justice for Crimes Committed by ISIS (UNITAD) by the UN investigative body.
Meanwhile, many Yazidis are still not safe. They remain refugees or prisoners in terrible conditions. While convicted ISIS members like Venish and others will be reunited with their families in a decade or less, the Yazidis won't have that luxury. Without security and justice, we will not be able to move forward. Quite recently, some Yazidis risked their lives and savings by leaving for Belarus with the false hope of getting into the European Union, despair turned into the status quo.
Pari Ibrahim
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In Germany, the prosecution of ISIS terrorists who killed the Yezidi population continues
In recent months, the perpetrators of the genocide of the Yezidis have begun to appear before the German justice system, so that they could answer for their crimes. In a landmark case, Jennifer Wenisch, a German convert to Islam who was part of the so-called ISIS "morality police" in Mosul, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She and her husband chained a five-year-old Yezidi girl to a fence under the scorching sun, where the child died in agony from thirst. Another woman, Omayma Abdi, was sentenced to four years in prison as a member of the ISIS terrorist group, later this person received an additional six months in prison after admitting that she owned Yezidi slaves.
Germany has taken unprecedented steps to prosecute ISIL members, conducting structural investigations of terrorist crimes against Yazidis, using the tool of universal jurisdiction to prosecute suspects in international crimes. Much of the credit for these efforts belongs to Christian Ritcher, who headed the German War Crimes Unit and currently heads the Investigation Team for Bringing to Justice for Crimes Committed by ISIS (UNITAD) by the UN investigative body.
Meanwhile, many Yazidis are still not safe. They remain refugees or prisoners in terrible conditions. While convicted ISIS members like Venish and others will be reunited with their families in a decade or less, the Yazidis won't have that luxury. Without security and justice, we will not be able to move forward. Quite recently, some Yazidis risked their lives and savings by leaving for Belarus with the false hope of getting into the European Union, despair turned into the status quo.
Pari Ibrahim
Tags: #yazidisinfo #newsyazidis #aboutyazidis #yazidisgermany
