Doris Husch

Doris Husch is the presiding judge at the Kammergericht (Higher Regional Court) in Berlin. She is newsworthy due to her involvement in high-profile terrorism-related cases. Recently, Husch presided over the trial of four men convicted of membership in the terrorist organization Hamas. These men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four and a half to six years for establishing weapons caches intended for attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets. This was the first criminal judgment by a German Higher Regional Court that specifically addressed Hamas as a terrorist organization. Additionally, Husch presided over the case of Wassim Al M., a Syrian man who received a 13-year prison sentence for a jihadist-inspired knife attack at Berlin's Holocaust memorial. These cases highlight the court's role in addressing terrorism and extremism within Germany and the broader European context.