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Update Paris court upholds validity of France’s arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad

Paris court upholds validity of France’s arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad

  • Jeanne Sulzer and Clemence Witt, lawyers who represented the plaintiffs, and NGOs behind the complaint hailed the decision as a historic judgment
  • “It’s the first time that a national court has recognized that the personal immunity of a serving head of state is not absolute,” the lawyers said
By AP ·