A Syrian man accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in his home country between 2011 and 2016 is being held in Belgium pending a court hearing next week, judicial officials announced on Monday. .
The defendant, identified as Hosin A., is a member of a militia close to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Salamia, in the western part of the country, and is suspected of being complicit in the violent suppression of the anti-government movement that began in 2011. is held.
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A Syrian man accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in his home country between 2011 and 2016 is being held in Belgium pending a court hearing next week, judicial officials announced on Monday. .
The defendant, identified as Hosin A., is a member of a militia close to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Salamia, in the western part of the country, and is suspected of being complicit in the violent suppression of the anti-government movement that began in 2011. is held.
According to federal prosecutors, he had been living in Belgium for the past seven or eight years.
As a result of an investigation that began in 2021, the defendant’s Brussels-area home was searched on January 23, along with two companies connected to him.
The next day, he was taken before a judge in Brussels and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria.
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The defendant was scheduled to appear in court again on Monday, but the hearing was postponed until February 8 at the request of the defense, judicial officials said. Until then, he remains in custody.
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