Sweden Charges Woman with War Crimes for Torturing Yazidi Women and Children

Lina Laina Ishaq, a Swedish citizen linked to ISIS, faces charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and serious war crimes in Syria.

Ishaq allegedly committed the crimes between August 2014 and December 2016 in Raqqa, the former de facto capital of ISIS.
She is accused of holding nine Yazidi women and children captive, treating them as slaves, and subjecting them to severe suffering and torture.
Swedish authorities identified Ishaq with the help of information from UNITAD, the U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq.
This is the first time that ISIS attacks against the Yazidi minority are being tried in Sweden.
Ishaq's trial is set to begin on October 7 and is expected to last approximately two months, with large parts held behind closed doors.