A Yazidi tells an Australian court she was enslaved and raped in an IS home in Syria
Prosecutors say Zeinab Ahmad helped abuse a Yazidi teenager and that no bail conditions can reduce the risk to others.
- On Thursday, Zeinab Ahmad's bail application began in the Melbourne Magistrates Court; Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan stood the matter down after transport issues delayed the accused facing two enslavement charges.
- Mohammad Ahmad allegedly purchased a Yazidi teenager for $10,000 in Raqqa, Syria, in 2017 to use as a slave; the victim lived in the household where she was subjected to physical and sexual assault.
- Detective Senior Constable Marc Clendenning argued against bail, claiming Ahmad supported the Islamic State and treated the victim "very badly" by ordering her to perform housework, alleging participation in human rights deprivation.
- Defense barrister Grace Morgan questioned Ahmad's culpability by arguing her own movements were severely restricted under Islamic State rule; the court heard she had married multiple times to men linked to the group.
- Prosecutors stated releasing Ahmad would pose an "unacceptable risk" to public safety and that the local Yazidi community would be "extremely fearful" if bail were granted; the two-day hearing continues tomorrow.
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Accused ISIS Bride’s Father Repeatedly Raped Teen Slave, Police Say
A woman accused of marrying ISIS fighters allegedly lived with a teenage slave who was repeatedly assaulted and raped by her father. The allegations were detailed in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday as Zeinab Ahmad, 31, applied for bail, a month after she was charged with slavery offences. Australian Federal Police allege Ahmad left Melbourne to go to Turkey with her husband Dawod in November 2014. She told migration officers her plan was…
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A Yazidi tells an Australian court she was enslaved and raped in an IS home in Syria
A Yazidi woman alleges she was enslaved in Syria by a woman and repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman’s father, according to police.
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Brisbane TimesISIS bride acted like ‘deputy’ to abusive father after family bought teen slave, police claim
A slave captured by Islamic State was sold to a Melbourne family living in Syria for sex and housework, a court has been told.
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