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The former president was convicted of crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war, the first verdict since he fled to Russia in 2024.
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NYTimes – World Verdict in absentia relates to atrocities during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died A Syrian court has sentenced the country’s former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 14-year civil war, in which about half a million people died. The two men fled to Moscow after being ousted by a lightning rebel o…
NPR – World A Syrian court sentenced Assad along with his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.
A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country’s nearly 14-year war.
A Syrian court handed death sentences to Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher — both in absentia — alongside their cousin Atef Najib, who attended the trial in a cage and was found guilty of leading the 2011 Daraa crackdown that sparked the civil war.
Sky News – World Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.
NYTimes – US Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, convicted of a 1995 murder, made her first public statement since surviving a botched lethal injection in September. She said she remains in constant physical and mental pain and woke up confused and hurt. Her lawyers are seeking to have her death sentence reduced to life, and Tennessee's governor has ordered an investigation.
NYTimes – World Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced it is closing, citing pressure from Russian authorities. The outlet, whose co-founder Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise. Reports noted recent searches of a senior editor's home and the detention of one of its journalists. Novaya Gazeta has been openly critical of Russia's war in Ukraine and was classed as a 'foreign agent' by Moscow.
BBC News – World Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Caracas after nearly a year in exile and called for elections next year. She said her return was organized by her team, not any government, and described Venezuela's transition as "irreversible, organised, pacific." She thanked Donald Trump but marked distance from Washington, while also saying Trump opened the "floodgate to freedom" for Venezuela. Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez signaled that pressure for a democratic transition is felt.
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