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flag A Frenchman, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in IS's 2014–2016 campaign against Yazidis, is on trial in absentia.

flag A Frenchman presumed dead, Sabri Essid, is on trial in absentia in France on genocide and crimes against humanity charges for his role in the Islamic State’s 2014–2016 campaign against the Yazidi people in Iraq and Syria. flag Accused of buying Yazidi women, subjecting them to rape, starvation, and dehydration, Essid is the first French national prosecuted specifically for genocide over IS crimes. flag Three Yazidi women, including survivors of sexual enslavement, are civil parties, with two set to testify. flag His wife, who returned to France and is imprisoned, will also testify. flag The trial, marking a shift from terrorism charges to recognizing systematic genocide, follows similar rulings in Germany, Sweden, and Belgium.

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