در اواخر فوریه ۲۰۲۱، دادگاه عالی منطقه ای کوبلنز، ایاد آ ۴۴ ساله سوری را به جرم شرکت در شکنجه در سوریه به چهار سال و نیم حبس محکوم کرد. طبق رای دادگاه، شخص محکوم به جرم مشارکت در جنایتی علیه بشریت مجرم شناخته شده. ایاد آ به آلمان فرار کرده بود و پیش از این در یک سرویس مخفی دولتی سوریه بود. دادگاه ثابت کرد که ایاد آ در شکنجه و محرومیت از آزادی شرکت کرده است. این دادگاه توجه بین المللی داراست زیرا اولین دادگاه کیفری جهانی برای شکنجه دولتی در سوریه است. این حکم براساس قوانین کیفری… Read More
Day: March 9, 2021
Syrian sentenced because of state torture
At the end of February 2021, the Koblenz Higher Regional Court has sentenced the 44-year-old Syrian Eyad A. to four and a half years imprisonment because of his involvement in torture in Syria. The court found the convict guilty of being complicit in a crime against humanity. Eyad A. fled to Germany, before that he worked for the Syrian secret service. The court saw it as proven that Eyad A. was involved in torture and false imprisonment. The detention period that the court decided on is slightly less than what the Federal Prosecution requested. The defense argued that Eyad A.… Read More
UN report about war crimes in Syria
It started with protests ten years ago: Syrians demonstrate against the regime of leader Baschar al-Assad in March 2011. The power of the state immediately reacted with brutal violence against the demonstrators. Since 2011, tens of thousands of people have been put into prison, many of them have been tortured. The 30 pages long report by an international investigation team of the United Nations documents the “hideous” (as it’s called in the report) crimes against the human rights – committed by both the government and the rebel groups. The authors have conducted around 2500 interviews in ten years. Among other… Read More