War Crimes in Plain Sight: Germany Convicts Couple of Enslaving Yazidi Girls The Munich Higher Regional Court's conviction of an Iraqi couple for enslaving two Yazidi girls marks a rare instance of accountability for heinous crimes committed overseas.
This case highlights the impunity often afforded to perpetrators of genocide and war crimes, even when their actions are well documented and widely condemned. The couple, identified as Twana H. S. and Asia R. A.
, were arrested in Bavaria in 2024 after years of living in Germany. Twana had initially fled Iraq as an asylum seeker in the early 2000s but was denied refugee status.