Pages and accounts on social media circulated a report claiming that the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office had called for the issuance of an international arrest warrant against Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais, over suspicions related to the commission of war crimes.
The fact-checking team reviewed open sources and the official statements issued by the Swiss judicial authorities, and found no official statement confirming that the Federal Prosecutor's Office had submitted a request of this kind, nor any document or credible source pointing to a publicly announced judicial procedure opened against al-Wais in this matter.
Why is this claim false?
Fabricated news: The claim rests on a fabricated report that is not based on any official statement or document issued by the Swiss judicial authorities, and it was presented as a publicly announced international judicial procedure to suggest that legal proceedings were under way against Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais.
