German court convicts Iraqi couple of enslaving Yazidi girls

critical · BBC World · 13 Jul 2026 · 11:36 UTC · Economic Oppression · 1 min read

Summary

Documents systematic enslavement and exploitation of Yazidi women and girls by ISIS members, exemplifying extreme human rights abuses and modern slavery networks.

The pair, named only as Twana H.S. and Asia R. A., left Germany for Iraq in 2015 and became members of the Islamic State group.

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