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 | |  | | Faryadi Sarwar Zardad | | | context : | Afghanistan  | | judgement place : | Great Britain | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Was tried in 2004 for torture and hostage taking in Afghanistan; the jury was hung; the retrial in July 2005 lead to a 20 years sentence | | position : | Lieutenant of a Warlord; commander of a checkpoint |
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| | | | | Zardad’s trial is the first in Great Britain based on the principle of universal jurisdiction for torture and ending with a conviction. All other efforts by now were unsuccessful (e.g. Pinochet). | |    | |  |  | | last time seen : | | | London | | | judgement period : | | | 09.10.2004 | | | charges : | | | Other
Torture | | | profile last modified : | | | 18.01.2007 |
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