A decision that took 37 years…to refer Rifaat al-Assad to court
The Swiss Public Prosecutor announced on Tuesday the referral of Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to court on charges of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1980s. The Public Prosecutor’s Office explained in a statement that Rifaat al-Assad “is accused of issuing orders for killing, torture, cruel treatment, […]
