Syria’s 'Barrell bomb mufti' Ahmad Hassoun sentenced to life in prison | ABC NEWS

Staunch Assad supporter Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, dubbed the ‘Barrell bomb mufti’, has been sentenced to life in prison for endorsing the toppled Syrian regime and its persecution campaigns.
Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan made the decision in a Damascus court a week after ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was sentenced in absentia to death for war crimes.
While many are calling for harsher punishment of Hassoun, Human Rights Watch has raised concerns about the Syrian justice system’s lack of due process.
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