Austrian court sentences Syrian torturers to 8 years in jail

Naijaonpoint_ng | 07-07-2026 12:21pm |

A Syrian ex-general and a former police officer were handed eight-year jail sentences by a Viennese court on Monday for torturing opponents of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. The trial is the latest to see suspects from the Syrian civil war tried in European courts under the legal tool of universal jurisdiction, allowing judges to rule

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