Aschwak T.

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Aschwak T. , also spelled Ashwaq (* 1998 or 1999 in Iraq ) is a Yezidi from Iraq. There she was enslaved, tortured and raped by ISIS members after the IS invasion in 2014 . She was taken in by Germany. According to her own statements, she recognized one of her tormentors in Schwäbisch Gmünd and was threatened by him. She returned home out of fear. She criticized the unsuccessful police investigative measures in the media, which has drawn attention in social media and national reporting. At the end of September 2018 she came to Germany again, where she received medical and psychological care.

In November 2019, she admitted that she had not faced her tormentor in Germany, but that it was a mix-up.

Life

Birth and youth

Aschwak T. is an Iraqi-born Jesidin .

Captivity and Escape

In 2014, the Islamic State attacked the village of the then 15-year-old. She was abducted along with other young and underage women. It was sold to an ISIS member at a slave market for US $ 100. He raped her and abused her physically and mentally. From August 3 to October 22, 2014, she and six other women were abused by 18 ISIS perpetrators. Yazidis are fair game at the IS: they are raped, killed and abused. Together with other young and underage women, she managed to escape - they had put allergy medication in their food, whereupon the perpetrators fell asleep. She fled to the Sinjar Mountains , where many Yazidis had fled. There she met some family members. As part of the "special contingent for especially vulnerable women and children", a program of the Baden-Württemberg state government for Yezidi women and children, she was able to travel to Germany with her mother and a brother and was cared for in Baden-Württemberg.

According to their own statements, refugees recognized IS torturers

In Schwäbisch Gmünd 2018, she met Abu Humam, one of her tormentors, on the street again. He came up to her and told her details about her whereabouts, told her that he knew everything about her stay in Germany, and gave detailed descriptions of her family. At the end he told her that he would recognize her by her eyes: “He says he has known my whole life in Germany. I was so scared I couldn't talk anymore, "she said on YouTube. The IS victim of abuse went to the German police and filed a criminal complaint. Other women also claim to have recognized this man as an IS perpetrator. According to her own statement, she received little support from the German state: “The police told me that he was a refugee just like me and that there was not much they could do. They only gave me a phone number that I could contact when Abu Humam spoke to me again. ”In the end, she fled Germany:“ I was so scared that I could no longer stay in Germany ”.

The State Criminal Police Office in Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe claim that they cannot investigate the case "because the witness is currently not available to answer questions." According to Aschwak T., the German authorities did not try to contact them in Iraq. She told the German press agency "Why aren't they calling me?" According to SWR research, female witnesses support the portrayal of the woman. The deputy chairwoman of the Central Council of Yazidis, Zemfira Dlovani, reported that other girls had recognized the alleged IS fighter.

In late October 2018, it became known that the authorities had doubts about the incident. Accordingly, her father tried to emigrate to Australia with the family. After this was rejected by Australia, he asked the Baden-Württemberg state government to accept 20 relatives, otherwise he would start a media campaign. Insiders suspect that Aschwak is being used by her family as a lever. The psychologist Jan İlhan Kızılhan , who heads the Yazidis program in Baden-Württemberg, believes it is possible that Aschwak thought a strange man was the perpetrator because of her trauma. In November 2019, she admitted that she had not faced her tormentor in Germany.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Victoria Bisset & Lyse Doucet: I met my IS captor on a German street . In: BBC News of August 18, 2018
  2. ↑ a b https://www.rnz.de/politik/suedwest_artikel,-medienkampagne-mit-traumatisiert-jesidin-ashwaq-wird-von-einem-teil-ihrer-familie-als- Hebel-benutz-_arid , 397070. html
  3. ↑ Aschwak T .: Jesidin who fled Germany criticizes authorities. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart Germany: Schwäbisch Gmünd: Confusion about tormented Jesidin. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Did Jesidin meet IS torturers in Germany? Tagesschau online from August 18, 2018
  6. ↑ Former IS slave back in Germany
  7. ↑ a b tagesschau.de: Jesidin did not meet IS tormentors in Germany. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c Aschwak T .: fled from Germany Jesidin criticized authorities . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on August 18, 2018]).
  9. ^ A b Andrew Moussa, Valerie Höhne, Matthias Gebauer: Jesidin in Germany: When Aschwak Talo recognized her IS tormentor in Schwäbisch-Gmünd . In: Spiegel Online . August 17, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed August 18, 2018]).
  10. ↑ https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.baden-wuerttemberg-hilfsprogramm-fuer-jesiden-laeuft-aus.cc20999d-e088-44a4-add0-2a6eaf2ccebc.html
  11. ^ Andrew Moussa, Valerie Höhne, Matthias Gebauer: Jesidin in Germany: When Aschwak Talo recognized her IS tormentor in Schwäbisch-Gmünd . In: Spiegel Online from August 17, 2018.
  12. ↑ SWR Aktuell: Jesidin criticizes German investigators . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on August 18, 2018]).
  13. ↑ Aschwak Talo complains about the lack of commitment of the investigators Spiegel Online from August 18, 2018
  14. ↑ https://www.rnz.de/politik/suedwest_artikel,-medienkampagne-mit-traumatisiert-jesidin-ashwaq-wird-von-einem-teil-ihrer-familie-als-hebel-benutz-_arid,397070.html
personal data
SURNAME T., Aschwak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES T., Ashwaq (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yezidin from Iraq
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Iraq