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French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes

France has conducted its first trial on abuses during Syria's civil war since 2011. The accused include Ali Mamlouk, former head of Syrian secret services, and security adviser to Bashar al-Assad.
The accused officials were absent at the trial, with international arrest warrants issued. Ali Mamlouk is now a top adviser to Bashar Al-Assad and believed to be in Syria.
The trial focused on their involvement in the deaths of two French-Syrian men arrested in 2013 and declared dead in 2018.

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The Guardian

French court finds three Syrian officials guilty of crimes against humanity

Members of Assad regime sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after landmark trial in ParisA French court has found three Syrian officials of the regime of Bashar al-Assad guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes, sentencing them in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after a landmark trial in Paris.The verdicts against Ali Mamlouk, head of the Syrian secret services and security adviser to Assad, Jamil Hassan, who was…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes

A Paris court has sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case on European soil.

2 months ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Three Syrian officials found guilty of war crimes in France

PARIS (Reuters) - Three senior Syrian officials were found guilty by a French court on Friday of war crimes over their involvement in the disappearance and subsequent death of a French-Syrian father and his son. Read full story

2 months ago·Malaysia

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KVIA

French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case on European soil. The trial focused on the officials’ role in the alleged arrest, torture and killing in 2013 in Damascus of Mazen Dabbagh, a Franco-Syrian father, and his son Patrick. The four-day trial featured har…

2 months ago·Panama City, United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison Friday for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime […]

2 months ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Shropshire Star

Paris court sentences three Syrian officials in absentia for war crimes

A Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison on Friday for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case on European soil.

2 months ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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