Berzani Karro is tortured and sentenced to imprisonment after being returned to Syria, from Cyprus

Syria Kurd Berzani Karro, who was tortured in custody, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for “attempting to sever part of the Syrian territory and annex it to a foreign state.”

Berzani Karro was brought before a military court on 14 March, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, immediately commuted to two-and-a-half years. He intends to appeal, though such appeals are rarely successful. Read more