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Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture

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A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh was arrested in July for visa fraud charges.

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  1. Local News 8

    US indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison (opens Local News 8)

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    Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious Syrian torture center that abused peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later hanged.

  2. CBS News

    U.S. indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison (opens CBS News)

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    Peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman, were abused at the torture center.

  3. KOB 4

    Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture (opens KOB 4)

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    A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh was arrested in July for visa fraud charges.

  4. Al-Monitor

    US charges ex-head of Syrian prison with torture (opens Al-Monitor)

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    The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed government 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…

  5. BNO News

    Former Syrian official charged with torture in L.A. (opens BNO News)

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    A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has charged a former Syrian government official with torture, according to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, of Lexington, South Carolina, was the head of Damascus Central Prison during the Assad regime, also known as Adra Prison, from a…

  6. Newsweek

    Syrian prison chief arrested in LA for torture under Assad regime (opens Newsweek)

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    An ex-Syrian army official who oversaw the notorious Adra Prison has been charged in the U.S. with torture after being arrested in L.A.

  7. CBS News

    Former Syrian military official who oversaw notorious prison indicted in California on federal torture charges (opens CBS News)

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    Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria's infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad, was arrested in Los Angeles in July.

  8. UPI

    Syrian national living in S.C. charged with torturing dissidents at Damascus prison in 2000s (opens UPI)

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    A former Syrian government official residing in South Carolina has been charged with torturing political dissidents at a Damascus prison he oversaw in the mid-2000s.

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