Dutch woman accused of enslaving Yazidi women while part of Islamic State goes on trial


  • World
  • Monday, 14 Oct 2024

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Dutch woman who joined Islamic State in 2015 went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday for crimes against humanity for allegedly enslaving two Yazidi women in Syria.

Hasna Aarab, 33, faces charges of taking part in slavery as a crime against humanity for keeping two Yazidi women as domestic slaves, between 2015 and 2016, while she lived in Raqqa with her small son and her Islamic State fighter husband.

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