Swedish Woman on Trial for War Crimes Against Yazidis

Lina Laina Ishaq faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for alleged abuses in Syria under Islamic State rule.

Lina Laina Ishaq, a Swedish citizen, is accused of committing war crimes between 2014 and 2016 in Raqqa, Syria.
This is the first trial in Sweden addressing Islamic State attacks on the Yazidi community, an ancient religious minority from Iraq.
Prosecutors allege Ishaq enslaved and abused Yazidi women and children, with the intent to annihilate the ethnic group.
Ishaq is also charged with selling captives to IS, knowing they faced potential execution or severe sexual abuse.
The trial, expected to last two months, includes charges of molesting a baby and involves mostly closed-door hearings.