16-06-2025
German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity
A German court has 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.
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