Legal

‘Unacceptable risk’: Terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika will stay jailed despite finishing sentence A convicted terrorist who plotted terrifying attacks on major Aussie targets will not be let out of jail despite finishing his sentence.

(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist will stay behind bars despite finishing his sentence after a judge agreed he was an “unacceptable risk” to the community. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Andrew Tinney ruled on Christmas Eve that Abdul Nacer Benbrika will spend a […]

Children & Teens

Ohisalo: Repatriated al-Hol families ‘strongly in hands of authorities’ The interior minister says she understands people’s concerns, but she trusts both the social and security authorities.

(Yle) Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green) said she understands that the repatriation of mothers and their children from the al-Hol displacement camp in Syria may raise concerns for people, but she emphasised that security will be ensured through strong cooperation between Finland’s […]

Children & Teens

Foreign Ministry: Swift repatriation lowers risk of radicalisation Finland says it will continue working to bring home Finnish citizens still living in a Syrian detention camp.

(Yle) The Foreign Ministry on Sunday evacuated six Finnish children and two mothers from the al-Hol displacement camp. However, some 15 kids and five mothers still remain interned in the camp housing women and children captured after the collapse of the Islamic […]

Children & Teens

Germany brings home ‘Islamic State’ brides, children from Syrian camps Humanitarian reasons have been cited for flying home several 'IS' brides and children from internment in Syria. At the height of the civil war, the women allegedly traveled to join the Islamist militia.

(Deutsche Welle) German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday said he was “relieved” that a “humanitarian” recovery operation had brought home 18 children and five “Islamic State” (IS) brides from Kurdish-run internment camps in northeastern Syria. One of three German women brought back, identified in reports as […]

News: Europe

Berlin remembers victims of Christmas market terror attack Mourners have gathered in the German capital to pay respects to those who died in the 2016 terrorist attack. This year's ceremony took place in the absence of Christmas markets.

(Deutsche Welle) Over 100 people gathered in Berlin on Saturday to mourn and remember the 12 victims of the 2016 Islamist attack on a Christmas market in the German capital. At 8:02 p.m. — the exact time of the attack — church […]

News: Europe

Berlin Islamist terror attack: A deadly story of failure Anis Amri committed the worst Islamist attack in Germany to date when he drove into the Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz. Four years later many questions are unanswered. And many fear such an event could be repeated.

(Deutsche Welle) Eleven people died and 60 were seriously injured when the Islamist Anis Amri drove a stolen truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin on December 19, 2016. The 24-year-old Tunisian national whose application for asylum had been rejected had […]

Government & Politics

Austria drops ‘political Islam’ from controversial bill Gov't replaces contentious phrase with 'religiously-motivated extremism' in revised terrorism draft law

(Anadolu) Austria’s coalition government on Wednesday revised its controversial “anti-terror” law, using the phrase “religiously motivated extremism” instead of “political Islam.” Following a cabinet meeting, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, Justice Minister Alma Zadic and Integration Minister Susanne Raab announced a package of […]

Children & Teens

Aussie Islamic State supporter’s chilling claim about child bomb victims revealed in court An Islamic State supporter who said killing children in suicide bombings was justified could be released from prison in days.

(NCA NewsWire) A western Sydney Islamic State supporter who visited the grave of the teenager who shot Curtis Cheng and proclaimed the killing of children in suicide bombings was justified could be released from jail next week. Lawyers for Radwan Dakkak on […]

Law Enforcement

Germany: Anti-terror data mining ruled unconstitutional Powers granted in 2015 that gave systematic access to an anti-terror database are partially illegal and are now void, says Germany's Constitutional Court.

(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s highest court ruled Friday that a law that gave systematic access by security agencies to a centralized anti-terror database is partially illegal. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe said that the widespread use of the stored personal data had […]

Legal

Convicted terror leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika still a danger to Australians A convicted terrorist leader who the Australian government believes is too dangerous to be released from jail will find out his fate before Christmas.

(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist who plotted to bomb sites in Melbourne and Sydney will find out before Christmas if he is too dangerous to be released. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent the past 15 years behind bars after he was convicted […]