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Last update: 18 August 2025Case No:09/748012-19; 09/748012-19-P - 1st Inst. Verdict – Appeal Pending
Yousra L., a Dutch national, was affiliated with ISIS between 2014 and 2019.She did not travel to Syria or Iraq. While being in the Netherlands, she managed Telegram accounts, groups, and group-chats, spreading ISIS propaganda, inciting terrorist acts, and distributing video and photo material of acts of violence committed by ISIS. Namely, Yousra L. shared a video depicting prisoners of war being burned alive in Iraq by ISIS and another video that contained images of the shooting of a person. She added her own degrading comments while distributing these online. Yousra L. was arrested on 10 October 2019. Two years later, a court found her guilty of war crimes of outrage upon personal dignity, membership in a terrorist organisation, incitement to terrorism, and participating in terrorism training, sentencing her to 6 years imprisonment with compulsory psychiatric treatment. The decision has been appealed.
9 counts of war crime of outrage upon personal dignity
7 counts of membership in a terrorist organisation; 12 counts of incitement to terrorism; 3 counts of participation in terrorist training
2 counts of sanctions violations
1st Instance:
9 counts of war crime of outrage upon personal dignity
7 counts of membership in a terrorist organisation; 12 counts of incitement to terrorism; 3 counts of participation in terrorist training
2 counts of sanctions violations
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Case status: 1st Inst. Verdict – Appeal Pending
Verdict status: Conviction
Affiliated group: ISIS
Travelled to conflict zone: No-not attempted
Special procedure: N/A
Ground of jurisdiction: Active Personality
1st Instance Verdict – Full Judgment
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Last update: 18 August 2025