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Syria hands down death sentences to senior Assad-regime figures
Death sentences have been handed down in trials conducted under Syria’s transitional justice process against Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and senior regime figures. Relatives of the missing and families harmed during the regime’s rule welcomed the decision and called for all those responsible to be prosecuted.
Death sentences have been handed down in trials conducted under Syria’s transitional justice process against senior figures in the ousted Bashar al-Assad administration. The ruling also included Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad.
The Assad administration was accused of large-scale attacks on civilians during the civil war that began in 2011, particularly in areas controlled by opposition groups. Civilians, healthcare workers, humanitarian aid workers and children also died during this period.
Families who had been unable to hear from their relatives for years or had suffered harm during the regime’s rule welcomed the decision. They said the ruling was an important step toward achieving justice.
Relatives of the missing welcome the decision
Safa Safedi, who lives in Daraa province, said her father was detained in 2011 and held at Sednaya Prison. Safedi said she had been unable to learn her father’s fate for years and felt great joy when she heard about the death sentences.
Safedi said the past 15 years had been difficult for her family and that they had largely lost hope of seeing justice. She said they did not know whether her father was alive and described the ruling as a development they had been waiting for a long time.
Naif Abu Sel, who lost his brother and nephew, said the decision was unexpected. Abu Sel said the ruling meant they had regained part of their rights in response to the losses they had suffered.
Families call for all those responsible to face trial
Fadi Sharaf, who lost five family members, said his father was executed at Sednaya Prison in 2014, while he did not know the fate of his mother and three siblings. Sharaf said the decision made him feel as though his family had been returned to him.
Sharaf called for everyone involved in crimes against civilians, the disappearance of children and deaths in prisons to be brought to justice. Salim al-Jehmani, who lives in Daraa and has a missing relative, also described the death sentences as an important step toward achieving comprehensive justice.
Al-Jehmani said it could be said after the ruling that the revolution had achieved victory, and called for everyone who had committed crimes against the Syrian people to be punished.
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