Reena Devgun is a senior district attorney. She got a lot of media attention for being the prosecutor in the case against IS-woman from Halmstad.
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.
CrimeA Jordanian pilot was shot down, captured and burned to death. Now, the Swedish citizen Osama Krayem has been requested to be detained for having participated in the event. Krayem has previously been convicted for involvement in the terrorist attacks in Paris 2015 and Brussels 2016.
CrimeThe prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for the Swedish woman who is on trial for having held Yazidi children and women as slaves in IS's so-called caliphate. The defense wants a complete acquittal.
CrimeIS tried to exterminate the Yazidi minority through executions, forced relocations, and enslavement. A 52-year-old woman from western Sweden will stand trial on Monday in Stockholm for her involvement in the genocide. All the acts of (NN) were committed with the intention of completely or partially destroying the Yazidi ethnic group, says the prosecutor.
SwedenA Swedish woman is alleged to have held Yazidi children and women as slaves in IS's so-called caliphate in Syria. In a unique prosecution, she is now being accused of crimes against humanity and genocide. They were bought and sold between different IS-affiliated households, says prosecutor Reena Devgun.
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