Prosecuting Syrian crimes
154 views · Published 13 October 2017 · 11:13 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: The Newsmakers · 2017 · People & Blogs
For the first time in the Syrian conflict, a regime soldier has been prosecuted for a war crime. The evidence against him? A Facebook post. Mohammed Abdullah claimed asylum in Sweden in 2015. But activists recognised him from this online photo, smiling, surrounded by dead bodies. So, instead of receiving refuge, he got an eight-month prison sentence for mistreating corpses. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/TheNewsmakers?sub_confirmation=1 Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNewsMakersOnTRTWorld/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Newsmakers Visit our website: http://trt.world
