Austrian court convicts ex-intelligence chief in Syria’s Raqqa of torture
VIENNA, JUL 6: An Austrian court on Monday convicted a former Syrian intelligence chief from Raqqa of offences including torture and sexual assault over the mistreatment of opponents of then leader Bashar al Assad more than a decade ago. The case is one of the few in which a European country has asserted jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed by Syrian state agents. The month-long trial included testimony by more than a dozen victims, whom the court found suffered beatings, electrocutions or were doused in hot and cold water. The primary defendant, identified only as Khaled al-H under Austrian privacy rules,Read More
