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‘It was very painful’: Yazidi woman testifies on IS group sexual slavery in Paris court
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A Yazidi woman held as a sex slave by the Islamic State (IS) group recounted her harrowing ordeal before a French court Thursday, detailing her abduction, repeated rapes and forced sales. The trial of French jihadist Sabri Essid, prosecuted in absentia for genocide and crimes against humanity, marks France’s first case on IS group atrocities against the Yazidis.