Sonia Mezri – ex -wife of Abdelneser Benyusef, Emir of the Islamic State, who was repatriated in France by Syria – will become the first French to be tried for genocide because in spring 2015 held as a slave a teenage girl Yazidi.

The 36 -year -old Mezri is the first woman “bride of ISIS” to be repatriated in France by Syria to be tried for genocide at the expense of Yazidi’s minority, but also the first Frenchman to be judged in general for this crime, which lifts a life sentence.

Mezri is accused of terrorist offenses and synergy in crimes against humanity. It will appear before a special Court of Justice, according to today’s AFP information from sources in the case.

In September 2024, he had called for the charges against Abdelnasser Benyusef and Sonia Mezri because in the spring of 2015, a 16 -year -old Yazidi minority girl was slave.

Benjusef – who has died – “knew that by acquiring” the teenager and “undergoing her reservation, repeated rape and serious deprivation He was involved in the IK attack on the Yazidi minority, “the prosecutor had explained.

On her side Mezri is accused of possessing the apartment key where the teenage girl was held, such as and a weapon in order to prevent her from escaping.

The prosecutor’s office accuses Mezri in particular of “serious attacks on the teenager’s physical and psychological integrity”, which has undergone “living conditions that are likely to lead to destruction” of its community.

Mezri denies the accusations claiming that her ex -husband was Yazidi’s “owner”.

Also, during the investigation she said that she “had no right” on her.

“The innocence of my client will be announced by the judges of the headquarters” during the trial, one of her lawyers, Nabil Boudi, estimated.

Abdelneser Benyusef will be tried in absentia as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity as well as terrorist offenses. He is pending an arrest warrant, although he is considered dead since 2016.