VIENNA, July 6 (Reuters) – An Austrian court on Monday convicted a former Syrian intelligence chief in the city of Raqqa of offences including torture and sexual assault over the mistreatment of opponents of then-leader Bashar al-Assad more than a decade ago.
The court in Vienna sentenced the primary defendant, identified as Khaled al-H, to eight years in prison after more than a dozen victims testified they were beaten, electrocuted or doused in hot and cold water while he was head of the General Intelligence Directorate in Raqqa from 2011 to 2013.
(Reporting by Francois MurphyEditing by Alexandra Hudson)
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