Damascus, May 10 (SANA) The second session in the trial of the defendant Atef Najib, a prominent figure in the deposed regime, began Sunday before the Fourth Criminal Court at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, focusing on questioning Najib and the presentation of charges by the prosecution.
Najib, who headed the Political Security branch in Daraa at the start of the Syrian revolution, was involved in the arrest and torture of children after they wrote anti-regime slogans on walls in the city, as well as crimes against the Syrian people.
The hearing was attended by victims’ families, members of the National Commission for Transitional Justice, and representatives of international legal and humanitarian organizations.
The first public hearing in the case was held on April 26 at the Palace of Justice in Damascus in the presence of Attorney General Hassan al-Turba.
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