A Syrian court just sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
Because apparently, the legal system decided to send a very expensive postcard to a man who definitely won't be checking his mailbox.
So, a court in Syria decided that Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad should face the death penalty. They were tried in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is the legal equivalent of shouting at a storm.
The trial covers a conflict that has been raging for over a decade, resulting in a staggering death toll. The court is essentially sending a death sentence to a sitting head of state who is currently in power. It is a bold, if entirely symbolic, gesture in a conflict that long ago stopped caring about what pieces of paper say.
It takes a special kind of optimism to issue a warrant for someone who literally controls the police.
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