00:01As the two women faced court, more than 60 people packed into the courtroom.
00:07Reporters, observers, some lawyers forced to stand.
00:1053-year-old Kausar Abbas referred to as Kausar Ahmed in court
00:14and 31-year-old Zainab Ahmed were brought before the magistrates of court separately
00:19and each appeared in the dock during a brief hearing.
00:22The women were flanked by security guards.
00:24They remained calm and were not required to speak.
00:27Lawyers for the pair said their clients would be applying for bail on Monday
00:31but until then they will remain in custody.
00:34Kausar Ahmed is facing charges of enslavement,
00:38possessing a slave, using a slave and engaging in slave trading
00:42while Zainab Ahmed is charged with enslavement and using a slave.
00:46The women are part of the so-called ISIS bride cohort.
00:50They went to Syria during the height of the IS movement
00:52and had spent years in refugee camps.
00:54They arrived in Melbourne last night from Doha, escorted out of the airport
00:58by a large group of supporters.
01:01Details about the charges were not read out in court
01:03but the allegations are expected to be aired at Monday's bail application.
01:08A summary of allegations would take about 90 minutes to be read, a prosecutor said.
01:13Thank you for served.
01:13put us on the forehead
01:13to run the Whether or not
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