Syrian doctor charged with crimes against humanity
A Syrian doctor has been charged with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals, leading to the death of one individual. Alla Mousa is accused of torturing 18 people at military hospitals in Homs and Damascus, two cities in Syria, according to a statement from the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Karlsruhe, Germany, where the doctor moved in 2015 to practice medicine. Mousa was arrested in June 2020.
German prosecutors allege Mousa killed one individual, caused serious physical and mental harm in four of the cases and attempted to make others infertile. He was charged with murder, serious bodily harm, attempted serious bodily hard and dangerous bodily harm.
Specifically, prosecutors claim that Mousa poured alcohol on the genitals of a 14 or 15-year-old boy and then lit the area on fire in the emergency room of a military hospital in Homs. The doctor is also accused of hanging people from the ceiling with their hands and beating them with a plastic stick, dousing someone's hand with flammable liquids and lighting it on fire, and kicking prisoners.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/565256-syrian-doctor-charged-with-crimes-against-humanity
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