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Last update: 2 May 2025Case No:5 StS-1/18 - 1st Inst. Verdict – Final
Mustafa K., a Syrian national, offered his house as shelter for members of Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) in 2012 and participated in patrols together with members of the organisation. Together with his brothers, of whom two stood trial with him, he fled to Germany where he and two of his brothers were arrested in 2017. In January 2018, Mustafa K. and his brother Sultan K. were charged with membership in a foreign terrorist organisation and war crimes. Their brother Ahmed K. was also charged with membership in a foreign terrorist organisation. In December of the same year, Ahmad K. was found guilty of support of a foreign terrorist organisation and sentenced to 3 years probation. The court was, however, neither convinced that, Mustafa K. and his brother Sultan K. were involved in forced displacement and pillaging as war crimes, nor that they were members of Jabhat al-Nusra.
1 count of war crime of displacement; 1 count of war crime of pillaging
3 counts of membership in a terrorist organisation
2 counts of violation of weapons of war control laws
1st Instance:
1 count of support of a terrorist organisation
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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
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Indictment – Press Release
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