Syria Court Sentences Former President Bashar al-Assad To Death In Absentia

Sy ia& squo;s
fo me
p eside t
Basha
al-Assad,
his
you ge
b othe
Mahe
al-Assad
a d
thei
cousi
Atef
Najib
have
bee
se te ced
to
death
ove
c imes
committed
du i g
the
cou t y& squo;s
ea ly
14-yea
co flict.
The
Damascus
C imi al
Cou t
fou d
Basha
al-Assad
guilty
of
p emeditated
mu de ,
to tu e
a d
c imes
agai st
huma ity,
ha di g
dow
the
se te ce
i
abse tia.
Mahe
al-Assad
was
also
se te ced
i
abse tia
fo
p emeditated
mu de
a d
to tu e.
Najib,
a
fo me
se io
secu ity
official
i
De aa,
was
se te ced
sepa ately
fo
c imes
agai st
huma ity
followi g
his
ole
i
the
deadly
c ackdow
o
p oteste s
i
2011.

Assad
B othe s
Se te ced

The
C imi al
Cou t
i
Damascus
issued
the
ve dicts
o
Tuesday
i
what
ma ks
a
majo
judicial
step
by
Sy ia& squo;s
t a sitio al
autho ities
agai st
se io
figu es
f om
the
fo me
gove me t.

Basha
al-Assad,
who
was
toppled
i
2024
a d
has
si ce
bee
livi g
i
exile
i
Russia,
was
co victed
of
p emeditated
mu de ,
to tu e
a d
c imes
agai st
huma ity.

The
cou t
se te ced
him
to
death
i
abse tia,
mea i g
he
was
ot
p ese t
whe
the
ve dict
was
delive ed.

His
you ge
b othe ,
Mahe
al-Assad,
who
is
also
believed
to
be
livi g
i
Russia,
eceived
the
same
se te ce.
He
was
co victed
of
p emeditated
mu de
a d
to tu e.

The
ve dicts
a e
amo g
the
most
sig ifica t
legal
actio s
take
agai st
membe s
of
the
Assad
family
si ce
the
fall
of
the
fo me
gove me t.

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Fi st
Majo
T ials

The
p oceedi gs
ep ese t
the
fi st
majo
t ials
of
fo me
gove me t
figu es
u de
Sy ia& squo;s
t a sitio al
autho ities,
which
bega
pu sui g
membe s
of
the
p evious
admi ist atio
this
yea .

Judge
Al-A ya
said
testimo y
f om
wit esses
established
Basha
al-Assad& squo;s
ole
as
the
cou t y& squo;s
“highest
decisio -make & dquo;
i
the
alleged
c imes.

The
judge
said
the
fo me
p eside t
had
used
state
i stitutio s
to
facilitate
the
commissio
of
those
c imes,
acco di g
to
the
cou t& squo;s
fi di gs.

The
ve dicts
a e
likely
to
ca y
sig ifica t
political
a d
symbolic
weight
i
Sy ia,
whe e
yea s
of
co flict
left
hu d eds
of
thousa ds
dead
a d
millio s
displaced.

Fo
ma y
Sy ia s
who
suffe ed
u de
the
fo me
gove me t,
the
cou t
p oceedi gs
ep ese t
a
attempt
to
establish
accou tability
fo
abuses
committed
du i g
the
wa .

The
death
se te ces,
howeve ,
we e
ha ded
dow
while
Basha
a d
Mahe
al-Assad
emai
outside
Sy ia,
mea i g
thei
immediate
e fo ceme t
would
depe d
o
thei
etu
o
ext aditio .

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