International Journal on Criminology Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2019/2020 | Page 119

International Journal on Criminology
态 , 鼓励为我们如今所看到的、因圣战造成的杀戮而战。以下悲剧实例可能会帮助阐明因释放这些囚犯而造成的后果。
关键词 : 监狱 , 圣战 , 车臣网络 (Chechen Network), 激进化 ,GIA
It comes as no surprise that, as this article is being written, another attack, this
time in Liège, has plunged Europe once more into mourning. Since the defeat
of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the battlefront has moved closer than
ever, to outside our school gates and our cafés, and the enemy, clearly identified,
can be found within our own borders.
While the worst-case scenario is never certain to happen, the imminent
release from jail of twenty radicalized prisoners is deeply worrying. Paris Prosecutor
François Molins has warned the public that “we are running a serious risk of
seeing the release from prison, as their sentences end, of people who have shown
absolutely no remorse, and who may very well be further hardened to their cause
by their time in jail.” The Minister of Justice, however, has sought to play down
the risks, claiming that “while we are not able to retain in prison someone who
has served their sentence, we certainly are in a position to track their movements
extremely closely, such that the slightest lapse can lead to them being brought back
before the courts.”
The Release of Radicalized Prisoners
Questions about the potential impacts of releasing prisoners should have
been asked back in the 2000s, when a number of freed jihadists went on to
spread their deadly ideology, encouraging the desire to fight that we have
seen demonstrated by today’s killers. The following tragic examples may help to
clarify the consequences of these releases.
The So-Called “Chechen” Networks
In 2006, twenty-five people were tried for belonging to a network based in
France recruiting Islamist fighters for the Caucasus, and for preparing an attack
involving the use of chemical weapons. Searches revealed a range of materials
necessary for making dirty bombs. The actions of three of the main protagonists,
M, B, and S, are worth exploring.
Because they were at risk of being tortured in Algeria, the European Court
of Human Rights refused to allow the extradition of S and B. They were subsequently
placed under house arrest in France.
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