{"id":531,"date":"2026-08-31T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmed71.azq1.com\/revsyrin\/?post_type=issues&#038;p=531"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:23:14","slug":"%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%83%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86%d9%8a","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/issues\/%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%83%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"What do trials in absentia and public trials of perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a long-awaited public hearing held on Sunday, April 26, the first session of the trial in absentia of the ousted regime\u2019s president, Bashar al-Assad, and his brother Maher took place, along with a number of figures from the ousted regime, foremost among them former security official Atef Najib, who appeared in person.<\/p>\n<p>Trials in absentia are an important legal tool in judicial systems that allow for the prosecution of defendants who are fugitives or unable to appear in court, as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of genocide are stipulated in the criminal laws of every country and are subject to punishment under those laws.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Talal al-Aisami was named as a defendant in absentia, as he is considered one of the symbols of the ousted regime; al-Aisami was a security official in Daraa at the start of the Syrian revolution and is considered one of those implicated in the massacres and the storming of the Al-Omari Mosque. According to the announcement, Al-Eisami is currently in As-Suwayda, and Hikmat Al-Hajri recently appointed him as the security commander of his militias.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian Minister of Justice Dr. Mazhar Al-Wais had confirmed on the \u201cX\u201d platform that the first trials involving key figures of the former regime would focus on the events in Daraa, explaining that these trials do not fall within the framework of the traditional judiciary but are part of a comprehensive process to achieve transitional justice in Syria. He noted that choosing Daraa as a starting point carries symbolic significance as it is the cradle of the revolution, and emphasized that this process aims to uncover the truth and preserve memory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a long-awaited public hearing held on Sunday, April 26, the first session of the trial in absentia of the ousted regime\u2019s president, Bashar al-Assad, and his brother Maher took place, along with a number of figures from the ousted regime, foremost among them former security official Atef Najib, who appeared in person. Trials in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":532,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"issues_category":[],"class_list":["post-531","issues","type-issues","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues\/531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issues"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issues_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revsyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues_category?post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}