German woman loses appeal of 14-year sentence for letting enslaved Yazidi girl die in Iraq

BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court has rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a Yazidi girl she and her husband enslaved when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to die of thirst. The defendant, a German convert to Islam, was convicted in 2021 of two counts of crimes against humanity through enslavement and other crimes. She was initially given a 10-year sentence, which was overturned on the grounds that judges had overlooked aggravating circumstances.