German court jails Syrian ‘torture’ doctor for life

A German court on Monday sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.

The crimes committed by Alaa Mousa, 40, during the Syrian civil war were “part of a brutal reaction by Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime”, said the presiding judge at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Christoph Koller.

Mousa was accused of torturing patients at military hospitals in Damascus and Homs on 18…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

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