Judgement deems one of Baghdadi’s widows complicit in crimes against Yazidi women
A photo believed to be of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014, the year Isis began its attacks against Yazidi’s in Iraq’s Sinjar region.A photo believed to be of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014, the year Isis began its attacks against Yazidi’s in Iraq’s Sinjar region.
The sentences were handed down a week ago but were announced by the judicial council on Wednesday, he said. Survivors of the IS attacks in Iraq have complained of a lack of accountability and have criticised the decision – made at the request of the Iraqi government – to wind down a UN investigation of IS crimes, including the alleged use of chemical weapons.
At the same time, human rights groups have raised concerns about the lack of due process in trials of alleged IS members in Iraq and have particularly criticised mass executions of those convicted on terrorism charges. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have said the convictions are often extracted under torture and urged Iraq to abolish the death penalty.
On 29 June 2014, al-Baghdadi, known as one of the most ruthlessly effective jihadist leaders of modern times, declared the militant group’s caliphate in large swaths of Iraq and Syria., dealing a big blow to the militant group which has now lost its hold on all the areas it previously controlled, though some of its cells continue to carry out attacks.
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