At the trial of French jihadist Sabri Essid, accused of complicity in genocide and war crimes, a witness describes the system of human trafficking put in place by the Islamic State against the Yazidis between 2014 and 2016.
The second day of Sabri Essid’s trial opened this Tuesday, March 17, before the specially composed Assize Court of Paris. This French jihadist, presumed to have died in 2018, is accused of complicity in genocide and war crimes against the Yazidis, a Kurdo-speaking minority in northern Iraq. Bahzad Fahran, president of the Kinyat organization, delivers a stunning testimony on human trafficking carried out by Daesh between 2014 and 2016 on the border between Iraq and Syria.
« Daesh considered Yazidi women and children as bargaining chips, spoils of war “, testifies the 38-year-old man on the stand. The Kinyat organization, a civil party, has been documenting the crimes committed by Daesh fighters against this ethno-religious minority since 2014. On this second day of the trial against Sabri Essid for complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity, he details the evidence of the abuses he has collected so far. Accompanied by a translator, he speaks in Arabic to the judge. The courtroom is frozen.
