Dutch Court Convicts Mother of War Crimes for Son Joining IS
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In the Netherlands, no one has previously been convicted of complicity in the recruitment and deployment of child soldiers.
Dutch court convicts mother of war crimes for son joining IS
A district court in The Hague on Friday convicted a 49-year-old Dutch woman of war crimes and sentenced her to seven years in prison for allowing her then 14-year-old son to become a fighter for Islamic State. The woman, identified only as Ayada K., was convicted of the war crime of aiding and abetting the recruitment of a child soldier by allowing a minor to take up arms for Islamic State, the court said in a press release. She was also convict…
Dutch court convicts mother of war crimes for letting son become an Islamic State fighter
THE HAGUE, June 5 - A district court in The Hague on Friday convicted a 49-year-old Dutch woman of war crimes and sentenced her to seven years in prison for allowing her then 14-year-old son to become a fighter for Islamic State. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Because of her choices, her child died on the IS front in Syria. Ayada K. (49) forced her son to work as a child soldier under the bloody regime of the Islamic terrorist organization, the judge ruled. That is a war crime. The mother from Naaldwijk must therefore serve seven years in prison.
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