Riada Asimovic Akyol, New Lines Magazine, The Child Bride Who Shook Turkey "The shocking case of H.K.G., a girl who was “married” at 6 and sexually abused for years afterward, has sparked a new wave of outrage."

AP/Guardian, American woman who led Islamic State battalion in Syria sentenced to 20 years "Allison Fluke-Ekren’s children told the court that their mother had a ‘lust for control and power’ and deserved the maximum sentence"

Sebastian Usher, BBC News, Saudi court jails US citizen for 16 years over critical tweets - family "The tweets, which the BBC has seen, include criticism of the demolition of old parts of the cities of Mecca and Jeddah, concern over poverty in the kingdom, and a reference to ...

AFP/Africanews.com, Morocco: jail upheld on appeal for blogger accused of "undermining Islam" - lawyer, 14 Sep 2022 "The Moroccan justice confirmed Tuesday evening in appeal a heavy prison sentence for ...

Evening Standard, Man convicted of sharing Islamic State terror propaganda on social media for second time "A man has been found guilty of sharing so-called Islamic State propaganda material ...

Steve Swann, BBC News, Islamic State 'Beatles': How 2011 arrests led to convictions, 18 Aug 2022 "Hostages freed by the Islamic State terror cell, known as The Beatles, gave vital evidence to identify their captors, say police."
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Joel Rosenblatt and Robert Burnson, Bloomberg, Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Spying for Saudi Arabia "A former Twitter Inc. employee was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over personal information ...

Global News, Canadian was ‘prolific propagandist’ in ISIS, U.S. prosecutors say, 25 Jul 2022 "A 39-year-old IT worker who grew up in Toronto, Khalifa left Canada in 2013 for Syria, where he underwent training and used his English-language skills to narrate ...

Yolande Knell, BBC News, Egypt criticised after singers jailed for belly dancing video "Human rights groups have criticised an Egyptian court for jailing two popular singers over a video they made with a Brazilian belly dancer." The video ...

CNN, ISIS 'Beatles' cell member Alexanda Kotey sentenced to life in prison "Before Kotey's sentencing, 12 family members of the victims and two former hostages of the group gave gut-wrenching statements in court of their loss and continued struggles ...

Maya Oppenheim, Independent, Charges against Egyptian activist show law is ‘weaponised’ to gag sexual violence victims "‘The case against Rasha illustrates a disturbing pattern in which the Egyptian state seeks to prosecute and punish ...

BBC News, Sir David Amess murder: Ali Harbi Ali given whole-life sentence, 13 Apr 2022 "The jury took just 18 minutes on Monday to convict Ali of murder and preparing acts of terrorism."

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BBC News, IS captors used 'sadistic' torture methods, court hears, 6 Apr 2022

"A journalist once held by captors from the Islamic State group has told a US court of "sadistic" and "terrifying" tactics used against hostages.

"Those in captivity ...

Dept of JusticeJ, U.S. Citizen Sentenced to 20 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

"In the months leading up to his travel, (Bernard Raymond) Augustine watched ISIS propaganda, ...

Reuters/Guardian, IS terrorists who kidnapped James Foley ignored efforts to negotiate, court hears, 5 April 2022 "Both Foleys testified that they first learned of James’s death from reporters calling for reaction. Michael Foley ...

Daily Mail, Survivors of brutal Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar, who was jailed last month for rape and child abuse, reveal what it was like living in his cult - including one woman who says she was 'made to have a ...

Arab News, US woman charged with leading all-female Daesh battalion that targeted colleges "The US Justice Department on Saturday unsealed charges against an American woman who led an all-female Daesh battalion terror team that planned attacks against US universities."

Palm Beach Post, Judge sentences Corey Johnson to life in prison for killing 13-year-old at 2018 sleepover

"The defense argued that Johnson – described by one defense psychologist as "an ...

IFEX, Uzbekistan: Muslim blogger faces 8 years in prison for social media post

"A Muslim blogger from Uzbekistan who has been in arbitrary detention for five months is facing charges of threatening public security with a potential eight-year ...

Palm Beach Post, 'He was very unhappy,' Corey Johnson's mom tells jurors for first time after son accused of fatally stabbing boy "Jennifer Johnson spoke of learning of Corey's conversion ...

BBC News, Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali charged with murder of MP "A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts after the fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess."

Independent, Single mother with nine children sentenced to death for meth possession in Malaysia "A harrowing video of the woman, who works as a fishmonger, crying inconsolably after she was handed the death sentence has gone viral ...

Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Man Convicted of Attempting To Provide Material Support to ISIS, 19 Oct 2021

"Evidence presented at trial revealed that ISIS and its supporters disseminated ...

Al Jazeera, Egypt begins trial of researcher Patrick George Zaki

"In the indictment, Egypt’s State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) cited as grounds for arrest an article, written by the researcher two years ago, in which he gave ...

BBC News, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: How '9/11 mastermind' slipped through FBI's fingers

"The man accused of hatching the devastating plot to fly hijacked passenger planes into US landmarks 20 years ago is locked up awaiting trial. But could he have been stopped years before?"

AP/The Guardian, British-born Islamic State suspect set to plead guilty to charges in US

"Alexanda Amon Kotey is accused of conspiring to torture and behead US and European hostages in Syria."

Express and Star, ‘Topshop terrorist’ jailed for sending IS videos to undercover policewoman, 1 Sept 2021

This case refers to downloading and distribution of IS materials: "Ibrahim Roger Anderson, ...

Sophia Saifi, CNN, The beheading of a diplomat's daughter shows how badly Pakistan is failing its women

"The crime dominated conversation on Soul Sisters Pakistan, a closed Facebook group with almost 300,000 members that provides a safe ...

CNN, 4 Iranian nationals charged with alleged kidnapping plot of US journalist, court documents say

"Masih Alinejad, an activist with over 5 million followers on Instagram, said she is the journalist targeted in the plot. Authorities ...

Manchester Evening News, From Salford schoolboy to Neo-Nazi next door - Oliver Bel and the rising threat of far right extremism

"Wearing a tweed jacket, rimmed glasses and carrying a briefcase, it looked as though Oliver ...

Guardian, London Isis supporter found guilty of plotting terror attack

"An Islamic State supporter who rapped about decapitations and wearing suicide vests has been found guilty of plotting to run amok with a sword ...

Independent, Trial date set for British ISIS militants the ‘Beatles’, accused of murdering journalists and aid workers

"El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey were extradited after US agreed not to seek death penalty."

Lizzie Dearden, Independent, Alleged terror plotter watched porn after Isis videos and aspired to be ‘like Alan Titchmarsh’

"Sahayb Abu, 27, denied planning an atrocity and told the Old Bailey his efforts were focused on starting ...

Reuters, Bangladesh sentences five militants to death for killing U.S. blogger

"Five members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh for killing a U.S. blogger critical of religious extremism six years ...

BBC News, Youngest person in UK convicted of terrorism offence can go free - Parole Board

"During his trial, the court heard how at the age of 14, the boy adopted an older persona in messages to alleged Australian jihadist Sevdet Besim, 18, instructing him to kill police officers at the ...

BBC News, Reading park killer had long history of violence

"When applying for asylum, he [Khairi Saadallah] told Home Office officials he had been in the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia - which would later be banned in the UK as a terrorist organisation - but lied by claiming he ...

Middle East Eye, Iranian press review: Former vice president for women's affairs jailed

"On Saturday, Fars news agency reported that Shahindokht Molaverdi, Iran's vice president for women's affairs in ...

Middle East Eye, Saudi Arabia sentences US doctor Walid Fitaihi to six years

"Fitaihi, a Saudi-American physician and wellbeing expert with a large social media following, was arrested in November 2017 as part of the so-called "Ritz Carlton purge" that ...