Semir Osman al-Sheikh, a former high-ranking official of the overthrown regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, will appear in the United States on the grounds that he “tortured” prisoners when he led the Adra prison in the capital of Damascus.
According to the New York Times, the indictment prepared by the jurors of the federal court of Los Angeles in the state of California, it is stated that al-Sheikh gave orders to the torture of people held in the Adra prison from 2005 to 2008 , and also personally participated in them.
The document emphasized that the prisoners were suspended to the ceiling and subjected to brutal physical torture in the special branch of the building of the correctional institution.
“Serious violations of human rights contained in this indictment are scared,” said Judge Martin Etera, commenting on the indictment.
The US Department of Justice also filed a lawsuit against two more Syrian officials on charges of torture on a military base in Damascus.
al-Sheikh was detained in July in Los Angeles
Al-Sheikh, the former Governor of Deir ez-Zor under the Assad regime, was detained in July in Los Angeles on charges of torture and murders of political opponents while he was in his country.
Against Al-Sheikh, who has been living in Los Angeles since 2020, opened a criminal case on the grounds that he provided false information upon receipt of US citizenship in 2023.
According to the criminal application, the former Governor of Deir-ez-Zor Sheikh, who led the Adra prison, worked as an intelligence officer, an intelligence officer and a brigade general, made false statements, answering questions about whether he was torture or tortured or tortured Was it involved in any crimes.
During the stay of al-Sheikh, the governor and director of the prison took place of human rights violations
Al-Sheikh led the Adra prison from 2005 to 2008.
Many of the former prisoners who stated that they were hungry, beaten, tortured and raped in the Adra prison, or waited for years, or died.
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