{"id":60857,"date":"2021-06-14T08:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=60857"},"modified":"2021-06-14T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:58:45","slug":"man-sentenced-in-absentia-for-social-media-posts-in-syrias-suwayda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/60857\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced in absentia for social media posts in Syria\u2019s Suwayda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> \u2013 On Sunday, the Cybercrime Court in Syria\u2019s Suwayda issued a two-year prison sentence in absentia against a social activist who publishes satirical and critical posts on living conditions in Syria on his personal accounts on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decision to create cybercrime courts, which prosecute anyone attacking the government through social media and issue judicial rulings against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hassan Selim (a pseudonym), a relative of the young man, said that Hassan Sharoof was sentenced in absentia to two years in prison and a fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharoof was informed by telephone two months ago that he must attend court in the city of Suwayda. 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