(NL Times) The Rotterdam District Court sentenced four Dutch women with ties to ISIS to prison terms ranging from 30 to 36 months, with 12 to 15 months of probation. They were found guilty of participating in the terrorist organization, and engaging in preparatory acts for terrorist crimes in Syria or Iraq from 2013 onwards. A fifth woman was acquitted of these charges.
The women and children were picked up from al-Roj, a Kurdish refugee camp in northern Syria, in February 2022. Their collection from the camp followed a court ruling that declared the Netherlands had to repatriate the women so they could face prosecution over their possible involvement with ISIS. If this had not been done in time, the case against them would have been dropped.
