Switzerland to try Assad's uncle for crimes against humanity
The office said in a statement that Rifaat al-Assad, 86, had been charged with "ordering homicides, acts of torture, cruel treatments and illegal detentions."
Former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Al-Assad, disgraced younger brother of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, appears in an undated file photograph.(photo credit: CLH/REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated:
