WORLDJul 6 · 16:00 UTCAL-MONITOR

Austrian court sentences Syrian torturers to 8 years in jail

A Viennese court sentenced a Syrian ex-general and a former police officer to eight years in jail for torturing opponents of Bashar al-Assad. The trial used universal jurisdiction in European courts to prosecute Syrian civil war suspects.

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