Landmark Paris trial of Syrian officials accused of torturing, killing a father and his son starts
Time:2024-05-22 10:37:08 Source:styleViews(143)
PARIS (AP) — The landmark trial of three former Syrian intelligence officials began Tuesday at a Paris court for the alleged torture and killing of a French-Syrian father and son who were arrested over a decade ago, during the height of Arab Spring-inspired anti-government protests.
International warrants have been issued for the defendants, being tried in absentia.
The father Mazen Dabbagh and his son, Patrick, were arrested in the Syrian capital, Damascus, in 2013, following a crackdown on demonstrations that later turned into a brutal civil war, now in its 14th year. The probe into their disappearance started in 2015 when Obeida Dabbagh, Mazen’s brother, testified to investigators already examining war crimes in Syria.
The four-day hearings come as Syria’s President Bashar Assad has started to shed his longtime status as a pariah that stemmed from the violence unleashed on his opponents. Human rights groups involved in the case hope it will refocus attention on alleged atrocities.
Previous:Russian general who criticized equipment shortages in Ukraine is arrested on bribery charges
You may also like
- Kentucky congressman expects no voter fallout for his role in attempt to oust House speaker
- Production base of China's large civil unmanned aerial vehicle Wing Loong in Sichuan
- Baidu strongly denies rumor of link between its AI tool and China’s military research
- PICTURED: Mother
- Report says China is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans
- German students experience traditional tea culture in China
- China's Mars rover detects irregular wedges beneath red planet
- Megan Fox shows off new blue hair as she arrives to Coachella party in Daisy Dukes and sexy thigh
- State Supreme Court and Republican congressional primary elections top Georgia ballots