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Berlin charges Syrian doctor

By AFP
July 29, 2021

Berlin: A Syrian doctor living in Germany has been charged with crimes against humanity including torture and one case of murder, prosecutors said on Wednesday, in Germany’s latest move against alleged abuses committed in Syria. The suspect, identified as Alaa M., was arrested on June 19, 2020 and initially charged with two instances of torturing detainees at a prison in the city of Homs in 2011.