The Court of Appeal in Paris has rejected the appeal of a former Syrian Islamist rebel against his charges of torture, war crimes and aiding and abetting kidnapping. This was announced by the Paris Prosecutor General in a press release on Monday April 4.Le Figaro
Majdi Mustafa Nema, alias Islam Allouche, was charged in France at the end of January. The Syrian was enrolled at a French research institute with the Erasmus+ programme and had a valid visa.
Majdi Mustafa Nema, alias Islam Allouche, was charged in France at the end of January. The Syrian was enrolled at a French research institute with the Erasmus+ programme and had a valid visa.
As a former senior leader of a Syrian Salafist group, he was charged and detained in France at the end of January. The question remains how Majdi Mustafa Nema, alias Islam Allouche, obtained a visa for France. How could a man who has since been charged by the French judiciary with “torture and aiding and abetting”, “war crimes” and “aiding and abetting kidnappings” enrol in a French research institute with the Erasmus+ programme and a valid visa? An overview of a case full of ambiguities.
(âŚ) According to a source familiar with the case, he was “unknown to the services of the Ministry of the Interior” and had nine different identities. Le Figaro
