The verdict by five judges at the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals is final and cannot be appealed any further.
Eyad al Gharib, 44, has been found guilty over his role in helping to arrest protesters and deliver them to a detention centre in Damascus in 2011, making this the first verdict for crimes against humanity in Syrian civil war.
Earlier today, ex-premier Najib Razak was found guilty of all seven corruption charges in his first trial linked to a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
Led Zeppelin persuaded a US appeals court to reinstate a jury verdict that it did not steal the opening guitar riff for "Stairway to Heaven".
United Nations appeals judges will on Wednesday rule whether to uphold or overturn Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's 2016 convictions for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as his 40-year sentence.
Mehdi Nemmouche was found guilty of murdering four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium's capital. His alleged accomplice, Nacer Bendrer, was found guilty of supplying the revolver and assault rifle used in the killings.
Taimoor Raza was found guilty of insulting the prophet Mohammed after an argument on Facebook with a counter-terrorism department official.
The Court of Cassation handed death sentences to 10 people for rioting at a stadium in Port Said. The court upheld prison sentences for around 40 other people.
Jury finds 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed in 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush
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