Syrian Islamist ex-spokesman faces trial, under war crimes charges
A Syrian Islamist rebel former spokesman, who faces trial in France on April 29th, is alleged to have been complicit in war crimes during his country’s civil war, according to Al-Monitor via AFP
Majdi Nema was arrested by authorities in France in 2020 in Marseille after he went to the European nation for a student exchange programme. Nema used to be the spokesman for Jaish al-Islam, a Syrian Islamist rebel group.
Nema, who is now 36, had been charged and detained under universal jurisdiction, which enables states to prosecute people alleged to have committed serious criminal acts, irrespective of the location where they were carried out.
Al-Monitor via AFP
