The Swedish genocide verdict against IS woman Lina Ishaq is the first in the world to target the forced movement of children, and is described as groundbreaking by the EU's judicial cooperation agency Eurojust. The verdict has been translated into three languages and could become an international landmark.
SwedenThe prosecutor wanted a life sentence, but the Svea Court of Appeal confirms the sentence for 53-year-old Lina Ishaq, who enslaved children and women during the IS terror regime in Syria. She is sentenced to twelve years in prison for crimes against humanity, genocide and serious war crimes.
Sweden52-year-old Lina Ishaq was convicted of, among other things, crimes against humanity. Now the prosecutor is appealing the verdict – and wants to see harsher penalties.
CrimeThe 52-year-old Lina Ishaq from Halmstad was involved in IS's attempt to exterminate the Yazidis, the Stockholm District Court has ruled. Now she is being sentenced for crimes against humanity, genocide, and grave war crimes after enslaving children and women in Syria. "The convicted woman had a strong ideological extermination purpose," says the presiding judge.
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