Syria's parliament votes to scrap Assad-era terrorism court, nullify rulings
- FILE PHOTO: A billboard with a picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad shows damage by bullet holes, in Damascus, Syria, December 16, 2024.
- REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File PhotoSyria's parliament voted on Wednesday to abolish a counter-terrorism court established during the reign of former President Bashar al-Assad and nullify the legal effects of its rulings.
- The counter-terrorism court was set up in 2012 in an effort to crush an uprising against Assad's rule, and was reportedly used to prosecute thousands of anti-Assad Syrians on terrorism-related charges.
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- FILE PHOTO: A billboard with a picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad shows damage by bullet holes, in Damascus, Syria, December 16, 2024.
- REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File PhotoSyria's parliament voted on Wednesday to abolish a counter-terrorism court established during the reign of former President Bashar al-Assad and nullify the legal effects of its rulings.
- The counter-terrorism court was set up in 2012 in an effort to crush an uprising against Assad's rule, and was reportedly used to prosecute thousands of anti-Assad Syrians on terrorism-related charges.
Sources: Times of India