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US charges former head of Syrian prison with torture

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2024-12-12 | 23:58

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US charges former head of Syrian prison with torture

The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Justice Department said.

Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, who has been in the US since 2020, allegedly ran Damascus Central Prison -- known colloquially as Adra Prison -- from approximately 2005 to 2008 and is accused of personally torturing detainees.

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