A Swedish court sentenced Syrian refugee Mouhannad Droub to five years in prison Feb. 26 after convicting him of abusing a captured member of President Bashar Assad [5]'s forces. Droub was part of a group under the Free Syrian Army, where he and other members beat a prisoner and posted a video of the abuse on Facebook. Droub received asylum in Sweden in 2013. He was indicted [6] in the Södertörn District Court [7] earlier this month. It is the first time that charges in connection with the Syrian conflict have been brought to a Swedish court.
From Jurist [8], Feb. 26. Used with permission.
NOTE: Russia and China last year vetoed [9] a UN Security Council resolution that would have referred the conflict in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
