Appeals court sentences Islamic State member to life imprisonment

(Hungary Today) Budapest’s municipal appeals court on Monday sentenced Syrian national Hassan F. to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed as a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation.

In its binding ruling, the appeals court upheld the life sentence imposed by the municipal court of Budapest in December last year, but added that the defendant had committed the crimes as part of a criminal organisation, and removed the possibility of parole.

According to the charges, the man was complicit in at least two killings in Syria in 2015, at least one of which involved a beheading.

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