ThehigherregionalcourtsentencedYard a to 4.5 yearsinprison, sayinghehadarrestedatleast 30 antigovernmentprotestersatthestartoftheconflictin 2000 and 11 onsentthemtoanintelligencefacilitywhereheknewdetaineesweretortured.
Thesamecourtwillcontinuehearingsinanothercaseof a formerintelligenceofficerchargedwith 58 murdersin a Damascusprisonwhereprosecutorssayatleast 4000 oppositionactivistsweretorturedin 2000 and 11 on 2000 and 12.