Court increases penalties for young IS sympathizers

On Wednesday, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Linz significantly increased the sentences against three young ISIS sympathizers – in two cases from six to twelve months and in one case from 13 to 22 months. However, it remained with conditional prison sentences. In addition to the three men – an Iraqi, a citizen of the Russian Federation and a Croat, all of them in their teens – a 19-year-old convert was also tried in the previous year and convic…

On Wednesday, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Linz significantly increased the sentences against three young ISIS sympathizers, according to its own statements - in two cases from six to twelve months and in one case from 13 to 22 months. However, it remained with conditional prison sentences. The men had been sentenced last summer for terrorist association and criminal organization. Despite the men's dissociation, the OLG saw far more as a foll…