The Damascus Criminal Court has sentenced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his cousin Atef Najib and seven other wanted persons to death, reports the Syrian news agency SANA. The decision was announced at the ninth court session chaired by judge Fakhr al-Arayyan.
According to the agency, according to his verdict, Assad was found guilty of "premeditated murder of more than one person, including children, as well as torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity."
The session was attended by the Prosecutor General of Syria Hassan al-Turba, the head of the National Transitional Justice Authority, representatives of international legal and humanitarian organizations and relatives of the victims.
