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Former member of Assad’s secret police is accused of facilitating the torture of prisoners in the first time a court outside Syria has ruled in a case on the government’s abuses against its own population
A former Syrian intelligence service agent was on Wednesday sentenced to four and a half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity in the first court case over state-sponsored torture b…
KOBLENZ, Feb 24 — A German court today convicted a former Syrian intelligence service agent for complicity in crimes against humanity, in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. Eyad al-Gharib, 44, was found guilty over his...
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German court convicts ex-member of Assad’s secret police of facilitating torture in landmark ruling Frank Jordans Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Thomas Lohnes/The Associated Press A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activist...
It was one of the many peaceful political protests that erupted in 2011 against the Syrian dictatorship of Bashar Assad, this time in the Damascus suburb of Douma. Syrian General Intelligence Directorate officer Eyad al-Gharib was there, and he told German authorities he was stunned when a superior demanded he and other security officials open fire on what he described as non-violent protesters. He claimed he did not shoot, but admitted he took...