In what, according to the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office, is the world’s first criminal trial for state torture in Syria, the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, sentenced one of the two accused to four and a half years in prison. According to the conviction of the judges, the Syrian Eyad A. was guilty of complicity in a crime against humanity.
The 44-year-old, who fled to Germany and was arrested here, was an agent of the state general secret service in Syria. The court found that he was guilty of torture and deprivation of liberty. The trial started in April 2020 against the Syrian main defendant Anwar R. (58) should continue.
