Syrian doctor accused of prison torture arrested in Germany

The suspect faces charges of crimes against humanity and grievous bodily harm.
A foreign prisoner, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, lies on top of an examining table next to a doctor inside a prison in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic SEARCH "ISLAMIC STATE PRISONERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC2YYE9HG8VE
A foreign prisoner suspected of being part of the Islamic State lies on an examining table next to a doctor inside a prison in Hasaka, Syria, Jan. 7, 2020. - REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Elizabeth Hagedorn
Elizabeth Hagedorn
@ElizHagedorn

In a small but significant step toward justice, federal prosecutors in Germany arrested a doctor accused of carrying out torture in one of the Syrian regime’s notorious detention centers. 

Alaa M., as he is identified under Germany’s privacy laws, was arrested on Friday night in the central German state of Hesse on suspicion of crimes against humanity and grievous bodily harm. 

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