Facts
According to the sentence, Ammar Ameen and his brother Yaser Ameen were members of the Al Hisbah Religious Police and Al Amniyah Intelligence Services of the Islamic State (ISIS) during its occupation of Iraq between 2014 and 2016. During this period, Ammar Ameen is reported to have kidnapped and whipped an Iraqi citizen in a public square in Mosul, Iraq.
Procedure
In September 2021, Ammar and Yaser Ameen were arrested and detained in preventative custody on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization related to their activities as alleged members of ISIS in Iraq between 2014 and 2016.
In September 2022, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Prosecution charged both brothers with membership in a terrorist organization. Ammar Ameen was also charged with war crimes.
In January 2024, the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon convicted both brothers of the crime of membership in a terrorist organization. Ammar Ameen was also convicted of war crimes for the kidnapping and whipping of an Iraqi citizen in a public square in Mosul, Iraq. The Court sentenced Ammar Ameen to 16 years in prison and ordered him to pay €15,000 to the victim.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office appealed the sentence.