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Yezidi women demonstrate in Syria to commemorate the fifth anniversary of attacks by the Islamic State (EI) group.
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Netherlands: 10 years in prison for enslaving a Yezidi woman

This is a crime against humanity, stressed the District Court of The Hague, in the Netherlands, in delivering its verdict on Wednesday 11 December. It sentenced Hasan Aarab, a Dutch citizen, to 10 years' imprisonment for using a Yezidi woman as a slave in Syria in 2015. The prosecutor had requested an 8-year prison sentence.
By AFP
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