Legal

Second Circuit orders tougher sentence for Islamic State supporter A three-judge panel agreed with federal prosecutors that Sinmyah Amera Ceasar’s two-year sentence for supporting the Islamic State terrorist group was too lenient.

(Courthouse News) A federal appeals court vacated the sentence of an Islamic State supporter on Wednesday after federal prosecutors argued she got off too easy. Sinmyah Amera Ceasar, a U.S. citizen also known by her online nom de guerre Umm Nutella — […]

Children & Teens

A young American girl whose mother joined ISIS and died has been rescued, a former US diplomat says Eight-year-old Aminah Mohamad, the daughter of an American woman from Tennessee who joined ISIS in 2014, awaits her fate outside a Syrian detention camp.

(BuzzFeed) An American-born girl who grew up under ISIS control was rescued from a Syrian detention camp last month after the girl’s mother — a US citizen who left the country and in 2014 joined the terrorist organization — and her father […]

Internet

Jihadists flood pro-Trump social network with propaganda GETTR, the new platform started by members of the former president’s inner circle, is awash with beheading videos and extremist content.

(Politico) Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR is inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by supporters of Islamic State, according to a POLITICO review of online activity on the fledgling platform. The social network — started a month ago […]

Legal

Omarjan Azari: Convicted terrorist won’t stand for a judge despite claiming to have renounced extremism A man jailed for terror offences claims to have renounced his old ways, despite saying he still won’t stand for a judge.

(NCA NewsWire) A Sydney man who was jailed for planning to behead a stranger still won’t stand for a judge despite claiming he has renounced his extremist views, a court has heard. Omarjan Azari refused to stand for Justice Natalie Adams in […]

Children & Teens

From Syria to Belgium: Women to face courts after repatriation with children Six women who are suspected of ties to Islamic State were returned to [Belgium] with children. One tells MEE she was ready to face justice in order to secure her child's safety

(Middle East Eye) On 16 July, the majority of the women and children held at al-Roj camp were still asleep when a convoy of cars entered the open-air prison in northeastern Syria. A few minutes later, at around 5.30am, six Belgian [women] […]