Jennifer Wenisch

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

I cannot begin to express the disgust and disbelief I feel upon hearing about the case of Jennifer Wenisch, a German woman who recently lost her appeal of a 14-year sentence for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl, whom she and her husband enslaved, to die of thirst in Iraq. The sheer inhumanity and cruelty displayed by this couple is beyond comprehension. This poor child, who had already suffered the trauma of having her family murdered and being sold as a slave, was left chained outside to perish simply because she wet the bed. It is a level of depravity that is difficult to fathom.… Continue reading

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

I am outraged and absolutely disgusted by the horrific actions of Jennifer Wenisch, a German woman who enslaved a 5-year-old Yazidi girl in Iraq and allowed her to die of thirst in the sun. This is not a case of simply “letting her die”, as the headlines seem to wrongly imply. This poor child, named Rania, was cruelly tortured and left to suffer an agonizing death at the hands of Wenisch and her husband, Taha Al-J., who was rightfully sentenced to life imprisonment for his heinous crimes. The fact that Wenisch only received a 14-year sentence is beyond comprehension.

Wenisch, a former member of the Islamic State group, actively participated in the enslavement and abuse of this innocent child and her mother.… Continue reading