Naivety or humanity? For years, the judicial and penitentiary treatment of radicalized women posed a problem for the justice system. And, while Daesh is playing the female card, the issue is not totally settled. Published on July 22, a United Nations report on “ the prosecution of women associated with ISIS ” notes: “ In Western Europe and North America, the“ returnees ” [from the land of jihad, Ed] tended to be sentenced to lighter sentences than men, not for extenuating circumstances but for stereotypes ”making them victims.
The situation, experts note, has changed and the penalties have increased " due to a better understanding of the roles of women in terrorist groups ". This is particularly the case in France, as the recent report of the Court of Auditors on "the means of the fight against terrorism" underlines. From 2017, the departures of women for the area controlled by Daesh were systematically
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