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Paris Calls for Stopping Boycott of French Products

Men flash the victory gesture as they pose for a picture next to a sign condemning French President Emmanuel Macron for his comments over the Prophet Mohammed in Syria's Idlib on October 25, 2020. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Men flash the victory gesture as they pose for a picture next to a sign condemning French President Emmanuel Macron for his comments over the Prophet Mohammed in Syria's Idlib on October 25, 2020. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
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Paris Calls for Stopping Boycott of French Products

Men flash the victory gesture as they pose for a picture next to a sign condemning French President Emmanuel Macron for his comments over the Prophet Mohammed in Syria's Idlib on October 25, 2020. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Men flash the victory gesture as they pose for a picture next to a sign condemning French President Emmanuel Macron for his comments over the Prophet Mohammed in Syria's Idlib on October 25, 2020. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

France on Sunday urged Middle Eastern countries to stop retail companies from boycotting French products.

The foreign affairs ministry said in a statement that in recent days there had been calls to boycott French products, notably food products, in several Middle Eastern countries as well as calls for demonstrations against France over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.

"These calls for boycott are baseless and should stop immediately, as well as all attacks against our country, which are being pushed by a radical minority," the statement said.

France will not give up cartoons, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday evening in a ceremony dedicated to the memory of teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded.

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Iraqi Couple Charged in Germany with Keeping, Abusing Yazidi Girls as Slaves

A forest with frozen trees is pictured in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A forest with frozen trees is pictured in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Iraqi Couple Charged in Germany with Keeping, Abusing Yazidi Girls as Slaves

A forest with frozen trees is pictured in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A forest with frozen trees is pictured in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany's federal prosecutor on Monday charged an Iraqi couple with enslavement, torture and war crimes, alleging they kept two young Yazidi girls as slaves and sexually and physically abused them.
The man and the woman, identified only as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. in line with German privacy rules, were arrested in Bavaria in April.
The were members of ISIS in Iraq and Syria between October 2015 and December 2017, the prosecutor said in a statement. They allegedly kept a 5-year-old Yazidi girl as a slave starting in late 2015, and a 12-year-old from October 2017.
Prosecutors alleged that the man raped both girls repeatedly and that the woman prepared the room and put makeup on one of the girls, The Associated Press reported.
The couple also exerted “harsh physical violence” on the girls, who were prevented from practicing their own religion and coerced into household work and childcare, prosecutors said.
The man on one occasion allegedly hit the older girl with a broomstick.

The woman is accused of scalding the younger girl’s hand with hot water and both children were repeatedly forced to stand on one leg for half an hour as punishment.
Before they left Syria in November 2017, the suspects handed the girls over to other members of ISIS, the prosecutor's statement said.
“All of this served the organization’s objective to destroy the Yazidi religion,” the statement added.