Fundamental freedoms and basic liberties granted to individuals. - France: A Syrian man found guilty of committing wartime atrocities
Three top-level Syrian intelligence officials were given life sentences in absentia by a Paris court for helping perpetrate crimes against humanity and war crimes. The court decreed that their arrest warrants must remain active.
These gentlemen are being blamed for the deaths of two French citizens in Syria. The three individuals on trial, all judges in their absence, are Ali Mamluk, Jamil Hassan, and Abdel Salam Mahmud. Mamluk used to oversee the Syrian National Security Bureau and was thought to be a close associate and essential advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Hassan served as the head of Syria's air force intelligence until not long ago. Victims from Syria claim that hundreds of suspects against Assad were tormented and killed under his administration. Salam Mahmud, alternatively, held the position of Director of the Air Force Intelligence Investigation Department at a critical military airport near Damascus.
A judgment with repercussions
In particular, the incident concerned two French-Syrian residents who, as per the state prosecutor's office, were apprehended by the Air Force Intelligence Service in Damascus in early November 2013. The relatives were given death certificates in August 2018. The documents stated that the males had perished in 2014 and 2017 without any family members being allowed to see their bodies.
Witnesses described how the two men were conveyed to an airport in Damascus, where they claim a great number of opposition activists were allegedly apprehended, tortured, and killed at that moment.
This was the first trial where such high-ranking representatives of the Syrian government had been found guilty of assisting in crimes against humanity, reported lawyer Clémence Bectarte, who represented numerous co-plaintiffs in the case, according to "Le Figaro". This decision holds significance for hundreds of thousands of Syrians who are still awaiting justice, she elaborated.
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Source: www.stern.de
