Atif Najib Denies Charges as Trial Becomes Early Test of Syria’s Transitional Justice

Atif Najib Denies Charges as Trial Becomes Early Test of Syria’s Transitional Justice

Atif Najib, the former head of Political Security in Daraa and a cousin of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, denied all charges against him during the second session of his trial in Damascus — a case that has quickly grown beyond the fate of a single security official to become an early test of Syria’s emerging transitional justice process. Najib, whose name is closely tied to the first days of the Syrian uprising in Daraa in March 2011, …

Assad official on trial in Syria for abuses denies charges

A former Assad security official accused of human rights abuses during the 2011 Syrian uprising denied all charges against him during the second session of his ongoing trial on 10 May. Atef Najib - the cousin of former dictator Bashar al-Assad – has been charged with acts amounting to "war crimes" during his time leading the political security branch in Daraa province. The alleged abuses include the arrest and torture of children and the use of …

Atef Najib Denies Charges, Blames Security Branches - Enab Baladi

Atef Najib, the defendant who headed the Political Security Branch in Daraa governorate (southern Syria) at the start of the Syrian revolution, denied all charges against him of committing violations against people from the governorate. Najib denied, according to video footage from the proceedings of the second session of his trial, shown by the Syrian Justice Ministry on Saturday, May 16, that his branch carried out any arrests of the children …