Former Syrian prison director sentenced to 60 years in US for torture

A former director of a Syrian prison has been sentenced to 60 years in the US.

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He was convicted of torture committed between 2005 and 2008 in Damascus.

This sentence marks a step in the fight against impunity for crimes by the Syrian regime.

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