Iraq... Death Penalty for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Wife

The Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad issued a death sentence today, Wednesday, against the wife of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for her conviction of working with the organization and imprisoning Yazidi women in her home. The media center of the Supreme Judicial Council stated in a statement that "the terrorist detained Yazidi women in her house, who were then kidnapped by ISIS gangs in the Sinjar district of western Nineveh province." It confirmed that "the sentence against her was issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 4/1 and by reference to Articles 2/1 and 3 of the Anti-Terrorism Law No. 13 of 2005, and by deduction from the provisions of Article 7/First of the Yazidi Survivors Law No. 8 of 2021."