An Iraqi court has issued a death sentence against one of the wives of the late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The court alleges that she was complicit in crimes committed against Yazidi women captured by the militant group. This ruling comes ahead of the 10-year mark since IS launched attacks against the Yazidi religious minority in Sinjar in 2014, resulting in the killing and capturing of thousands, including women and girls subjected to human trafficking and sexual abuse.
The Karkh Criminal Court in Iraq sentenced the woman for detaining Yazidi women in her home and facilitating their kidnapping by IS in Sinjar district. The ruling was made in accordance with Iraq's anti-terrorism law and its Yazidi survivors law. The defendant, identified as Asma Mohammed, was arrested in Turkey in 2018 and later extradited to Iraq.
