Case: Omaima A. -

Omaima A., a German national, travelled to Syria in 2015 along with her three underage children and her husband, in order to join ISIS. During their time in ISIS-controlled areas, Omaima A.’s husband became an ISIS fighter while she took care of the household. In doing so, she used a 13 year old Yazidi girl and a Yazidi woman, enslaved by her friend and fellow ISIS returnee Sarah O. When her husband died, she re-married another ISIS fighter. Throughout her time in Syria, Omaima A. also promoted life in the ‘Caliphate’ on social media and attempted to convince other German women to join ISIS in Syria. In 2016, Omaima A. voluntarily returned to Germany. She was arrested on 9 September 2019 and convicted a year later. Omaima A. was found guilty of membership in a foreign terrorist organisation, crimes against humanity of enslavement and deprivation of liberty, and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment. On 22 March 2021, the Federal Court of Justice confirmed the verdict and sentence on appeal. Four months later, Omaima A. was sentenced to another 2 years in prison leading to an overall sentence of 4 years imprisonment, after entering into a guilty plea concerning additional charges brought in Case 4 St 1/21.