German woman loses appeal of 14-year sentence for letting Yazidi slave girl die in Iraq
German woman's appeal rejected in case of Yazidi girl dying of thirst in ISIS captivity.
- Bilawal Riaz
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A German federal court has rejected the appeal of a woman, identified as Jennifer W., who was sentenced to 14 years for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl to die of thirst while she and her husband kept her as a slave under the Islamic State group in Iraq. Jennifer W., a German convert to Islam, was initially given a 10-year sentence, but it was increased due to the severity of the crimes against humanity, including one case resulting in death. The court deemed her appeal as “manifestly unfounded” and upheld the 14-year sentence. The tragic incident occurred in Fallujah, Iraq in August 2015, where the girl died after being chained by Jennifer W.’s husband. The woman did not intervene to help the child despite having the means to do so. She was apprehended in 2016 while renewing her identity papers at the German Embassy in Ankara and subsequently deported to Germany. Her former husband, Taha Al-J., an Iraqi citizen, was convicted separately and received a life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and bodily harm resulting in death.