Sentencing without trial in Syria

The Executive Committee of the Democratic Union Party – PYD raises concerns about Seydou Rashid Ali, born in 1973 in the village Jabiliya near Afrin, who was arrested in Qamishli on 3 January 2009. He was sentenced by the Court to six years in prison, on the papers, in his absence and without representation. The prison authorities have informed him and his fellow detainees that this practice of sentencing without trial will be used in future. Read more