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Islamic State: Sexual Offences

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN HL8742, tabled on 26 June 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5827), how many of the 32 individuals convicted of terrorism offenses were investigated for sexual violence against Yazidi women and children.

Answered on

10 July 2023

Over 32 individuals have been convicted of terrorism offences in British courts after previously travelling to the Iraq/Syria theatre of conflict as Daesh fighters. We hold no information on how many of those were investigated for sexual violence against Yazidi women and children.