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Germany charges two Syrians with crimes against humanity | ||
2019-10-30 | ||
[Al Jazeera] Two Syrians have been charged by German prosecutors with crimes against humanity - including torturing and killing opposition activists. It sets the stage for the first trial of suspected members of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Leveler of Latakia... 's infamous security services. The two men were detained in Germany in February under its "universal jurisdiction" laws that allow it to prosecute people for crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world. A third suspect was arrested in La Belle France in a joint operation, the federal prosecutor's office in the German city of Karlsruhe said. Prosecutors said the main suspect, identified as Anwar R.
The 56-year-old is alleged to have overseen interrogations at the facility, and is suspected of involvement in crimes against humanity between 2011 and 2012. He allegedly led an investigative unit with its own prison in the Damascus area before leaving Syria in 2012 and arriving in Germany in July 2014. The second suspect, Eyad A.,
Eyad A, who left Syria in 2013 and arrived in Germany in April 2018, worked for Anwar R's intelligence unit. | ||
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