Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad’s cousin to death
Last Tuesday, Syria’s judiciary sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia for atrocities committed during the civil war, in the first such ruling under the new authorities.
Wasim al-Assad, 46-years-old, the first al-Assad family member to be sentenced in person, was sentenced to death on August 18, after being convicted of crimes of multiple murders and torture during the countrys nearly 14-year war.(Photo by SANA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / SANA” – HANDOUT – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS A Syrian court on Tuesday handed a death sentence to Wassim al-Assad who appeared in the dock, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad who was himself sentenced to death in absentia last week.
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