A German court on Thursday sentenced a former intelligence officer in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services to life in prison after convicting him of murder, rape and crimes against humanity in a landmark trial.
Anwar R. had been charged with 58 murders, rape and sexual assault at a prison facility in Damascus that was supervised by an intelligence unit he headed. He had denied all charges.
"The trial demonstrates that accountability for the Assad regime's heinous atrocities is possible – that the evidence is overwhelming and will be accepted by courts of law – if national prosecutors and judges choose to act," said Eric Witte of the Open Society Justice Initiative, which supported several witnesses in the case.
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