ISIS-Linked Women Charged with Slavery Seek Bail in Australia
Two women linked to the Islamic State, Kawsar Ahmad and Zeinab Ahmad, are seeking bail in Melbourne after being charged with slavery offenses and crimes against humanity. The pair were arrested shortly after returning to Australia from a Syrian refugee camp, where they had been detained since 2019. Prosecutors allege that between 2017 and 2018, the women knowingly enslaved, possessed, and used a female slave in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. Kawsar Ahmad is further accused of purchasing a slave for $10,000. These charges stem from a decade-long investigation into Australians who traveled to the Middle East to support ISIS. The women appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court and were remanded in custody, with a bail application scheduled for Monday. They are part of a larger group of returnees, including a third woman, Janai Safar, who faces separate terrorism-related charges and was denied bail. The case highlights ongoing legal efforts to prosecute individuals involved with terrorist organizations and human rights abuses abroad upon their return to Western nations.
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