Published : 23-08-2022
The public trial of a Palestinian refugee accused of war crimes as he fought alongside the Syrian regime will begin on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Berlin Regional Court at Turmstrassr 91 Berlin 10559.
The Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research, provided witnesses and evidence to the Public Prosecutor. The centre’s head, lawyer Anwar Al-Bunni, will be the first witness to be called by the court, to give his testimony as an expert on Friday, August 26, 2022.
The accused had previously been arrested on August 4, 2021. The Public Prosecution charged him with seven counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and three cases of grievous physical harm. On April 4, 2022, his file was referred to the court in Berlin.
On March 23, 2014, Mowaffak. D fired a shell from an anti-tank weapon RBJ on a crowd of civilians in Regie Square in Damascus (Syria). Civilians from the Yarmouk neighborhood were waiting for food parcels to be distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees “UNRWA”. At least seven people were killed in the attack. At least three other people, including a six-year-old child, were seriously injured.
The accused was a member of the Free Palestine Movement at the time of the crime. He was a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command. These armed militias took control of The Yarmouk camp. The Syrian regime closed off the area that was originally a Palestinian refugee camp. As a result, the residents of Yarmouk suffered from shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.
The public trial of a Palestinian refugee accused of war crimes as he fought alongside the Syrian regime will begin on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Berlin Regional Court at Turmstrassr 91 Berlin 10559.
The Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research, provided witnesses and evidence to the Public Prosecutor. The centre’s head, lawyer Anwar Al-Bunni, will be the first witness to be called by the court, to give his testimony as an expert on Friday, August 26, 2022.
The accused had previously been arrested on August 4, 2021. The Public Prosecution charged him with seven counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and three cases of grievous physical harm. On April 4, 2022, his file was referred to the court in Berlin.
On March 23, 2014, Mowaffak. D fired a shell from an anti-tank weapon RBJ on a crowd of civilians in Regie Square in Damascus (Syria). Civilians from the Yarmouk neighborhood were waiting for food parcels to be distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees “UNRWA”. At least seven people were killed in the attack. At least three other people, including a six-year-old child, were seriously injured.
The accused was a member of the Free Palestine Movement at the time of the crime. He was a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command. These armed militias took control of The Yarmouk camp. The Syrian regime closed off the area that was originally a Palestinian refugee camp. As a result, the residents of Yarmouk suffered from shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.
