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Presiding judge Anne Kerber (left) stands before handing the verdict to Syrian defendant Eyad al-Gharib (right, face hidden under a folder) Wednesday in Koblenz. Gharib, 44, a former Syrian intelligence service agent, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity in the first court case over state-sponsored torture by the Syrian government. Thomas Lohnes / AFP via Getty Images
Originally published on February 24, 2021 9:33 am
A German court has rendered its first verdict in a historic trial of two former Syrian military officials implicated in crimes against humanity after almost a decade of war in Syria.
Eyad al-Gharib, a 44-year-old former member of Syria s intelligence service, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in jail for aiding and abetting a crime against humanity in the form of torture and deprivation of liberty, said judge Anne Kerber.
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