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Last update: 13 June 2025Case No:5-2 StE 5/17-4 - 1st Inst. Verdict – Final
The defendant, a Syrian national, founded a jihadist fighting unit at the end of 2011, which in 2012 became part of Jabhat al-Nusra. The Katiba participated in various battles, particularly in Raqqa. Along with Abdul Jawad A. K. and Abdalfatah H.A., he allegedly participated in the execution of thirty-six Syrian government employees, after a Sharia judge of JaN sentenced them to death. In August 2015, Abdoulrahman A. A. left Syria and travelled through various countries to reach Germany in September 2015. On 1 March 2017, he was arrested by German authorities and three years later convicted of membership in a foreign terrorist organisation and violating weapon control laws, while being acquitted of all counts of war crimes of murder, war crime of arbitrary detention and all counts of murder. He was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison.
37 counts of war crime of murder of a person protected under IHL; 1 count of war crimes of arbitrary detention
1 count of membership in a terrorist organisation
1 count of violating weapon control laws; 36 counts of murder
1st Instance:
3 counts of membership in a foreign terrorist organisation
1 count of violating weapon control laws
Nationality:
Gender:
Case status: 1st Inst. Verdict – Final
Verdict status: Partial Acquittal
Affiliated group: Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN)
Travelled to conflict zone: Resident in conflict zone
Special procedure: N/A
Ground of jurisdiction: Universal Jurisdiction
Indictment – Press Release
1st Instance Verdict – Full Judgment
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Last update: 13 June 2025