Swedish woman convicted of genocide for IS crimes against Yazidis
A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after she joined jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Lina Ishaq, 52, was found guilty of holding three Yazidi women and six Yazidi children as slaves in Raqqa between 2014-2016 in September last year.
Sweden sentences woman to 12 years in prison for genocide, war crimes in Syria
A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious minority,
Swedish woman convicted of genocide
A Swedish court has sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges – in the country’s first criminal case over Islamic State’s persecution of Yazidis...
Woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Syria jailed by Swedish court
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday jailed by a Swedish court on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes.
Sweden jails woman for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes committed by the Islamic State (Daesh) group against the Yazidi minority.
Sweden sentences man to 3 years for joining ISIS, 1st ruling under new law
A 22-year-old receives a three-year prison sentence in Sweden for participating in Islamic State and financing terrorism.
Sweden eyes sending inmates abroad as prisons full due to gang crime wave
Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to handle an influx of new inmates arising from a ...
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Sweden's Prison Solution: Sending Criminals Abroad
As Sweden faces rising gang crime and an overburdened prison system, a government-appointed commission suggests sending inmates to serve sentences abroad. This potential solution aims to ease ...
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Sweden set to send criminals abroad as prisons overflow
“There is a need to work with new solutions within the Prison and Probation Service,” Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer told a news conference, saying Sweden was already in talks with other ...
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Sweden plans to rent prison cells abroad as inmates soar
STOCKHOLM — The Swedish government said Wednesday that it was examining the possibility of sending some inmates to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, anticipating heavy pressure on its own ...