Published : 26-06-2022
At least three Palestinian refugees have been brought before courts in European countries over war crime allegations in Syria. Two others have been accused of committing war crimes.
In 2017, an Austrian court sentenced a Palestinian refugee from Syria’s AlAyedeen refugee camp, in Hums, to life over charges of killing 20 regime-affiliated soldiers as he fought alongside AlFarouk opposition group in Hums between 2013 and 2014.
In 2021, German police arrested Palestinian refugee Moufek Daouah for involvement in war crimes, including firing home-made grenades at a group of civilians in 2014, in Yarmouk Camp. At least seven people were pronounced dead and three others injured. Moufek reportedly fought alongside Free Palestine Movement, affiliated with Bashar AlAssad.
Dutch police arrested on Tuesday, May 24, a Palestinian refugee from his house in Kerkrade village over suspicions of involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. The refugee was a resident of AlNeirab Camp, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. He was born on April 18, 1986. He has been living in The Netherlands since 2020.
Two other Palestinians in Germany have also been accused of committing human rights abuses in Syria.
At least three Palestinian refugees have been brought before courts in European countries over war crime allegations in Syria. Two others have been accused of committing war crimes.
In 2017, an Austrian court sentenced a Palestinian refugee from Syria’s AlAyedeen refugee camp, in Hums, to life over charges of killing 20 regime-affiliated soldiers as he fought alongside AlFarouk opposition group in Hums between 2013 and 2014.
In 2021, German police arrested Palestinian refugee Moufek Daouah for involvement in war crimes, including firing home-made grenades at a group of civilians in 2014, in Yarmouk Camp. At least seven people were pronounced dead and three others injured. Moufek reportedly fought alongside Free Palestine Movement, affiliated with Bashar AlAssad.
Dutch police arrested on Tuesday, May 24, a Palestinian refugee from his house in Kerkrade village over suspicions of involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. The refugee was a resident of AlNeirab Camp, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. He was born on April 18, 1986. He has been living in The Netherlands since 2020.
Two other Palestinians in Germany have also been accused of committing human rights abuses in Syria.
