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The French judiciary has recognized the Yazidi genocide for the first time, sentencing jihadist Sabri Essid to life imprisonment for 'genocide,' following examples set by Germany, Sweden, and Belgium in acknowledging the Islamic State's plan to destroy the minority.
A trial has commenced in Paris for a prominent jihadist, Sabri Essid, who joined ISIS in Syria in 2014 and is implicated in the genocide of the Yazidi people.
A Yazidi woman has testified in a French court, recounting her harrowing experiences of rape, slavery, and eventual escape from the Islamic State, as part of an ongoing genocide trial where a French jihadist's ex-wife also previously testified about his transformation into a slave owner.
A French court has begun the first trial in France examining the Yazidi genocide, with Sabri Essid being tried in absentia for 'genocide'. Two Yazidi women are expected to testify about their enslavement.