A former Syrian intelligence officer, who has not been named for legal reasons, is alleged to have played a leading role in the violent crackdown on protesters in Syria at the start of uprising against the regime of former leader Bashar al-Assad in 2011. The man, aged 58, was charged with murder and torture as crimes against humanity, in the first prosecution of its kind in England and Wales.
Source: World news | The Guardian
Author: Matthew Weaver
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