Asadullah Sarwari

Asadullah Sarwari (* 1941 ) is a former Afghan politician who has since been sentenced to death for war crimes.

Asadullah Sarwari belonged to the Khalq wing of the Socialist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan . On April 1, 1979 he became chief of the AGSA secret police . In June 1979 he became a member of the anti-amine group. On September 12, Prime Minister Hafizullah Amin reported at a Council of Ministers conference that Sarwari and three other people of his had attempted to murder him. On September 14th, Amin cleared the cabinet and Sarwari was replaced by Hafizullah Amin's nephew. On December 27, 1979, when the Red Army marched into Afghanistan, Sarwari became a member of the Politburo, Deputy Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport. Sarwari served as ambassador to Mongolia from 1980 to 1986. Sarwari's successor as Prime Minister was Sultan Ali Keschtmand .

According to Amnesty International, Sarwari, who has been in custody in Afghanistan since 1992 , was sentenced to death on February 23, 2006 for war crimes and torture committed during the rule of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992). International observers rate the process as inadequate, as essential legal norms and fundamental rights are said to have been disregarded, so Sarwari had no legal counsel for long stretches of the process.

Web links

• Article about Sarwari on washingtonpost.com
• Contribution to Amnesty International about Sarwari's trial

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AFGHANISTAN: Asadullah Sarwari (h), 65 ans (French trial report) ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.