2 min
read
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.
For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.
