US EditionGerman court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland
- A German court in Frankfurt sentenced Syrian doctor Alaa Moussa to life imprisonment on June 16, 2025, for torturing and killing detainees in Syria during 2011-2012.
- The trial began under tight security in January 2022 after Moussa, who arrived in Germany in 2015, was arrested in June 2020 following identification by Syrian refugees.
- Moussa perpetrated crimes against detainees within military medical facilities located in both Homs and Damascus, where he abused prisoners by striking them with medical instruments, setting a boy's clothing on fire, and administering lethal injections, all amid Assad's harsh suppression of protests.
- Judge Christoph Koller condemned his actions as grave human rights violations, stating that "no torturer is guaranteed impunity" and highlighting the victims' suffering has not been forgotten.
- The verdict underscores the role of civil society and survivors in transitional justice and calls for establishing an independent judiciary and Syria's ratification of the Rome Statute to enable accountability.
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Germany: Syrian Doctor Jailed for Life Over Torture of Assad Opponents - The Syrian Observer
A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torturing opponents of former president Bashar al-Assad, following a protracted trial in Frankfurt that spanned more than three years. Dr Alaa Mousa arrived in Germany in 2015, where he practised as an orthopaedic surgeon until his arrest in 2020, after being identified by fellow Syrian refugees. They testified that he had served in military hospitals in Damascus and Homs. Acc…
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His past has caught up with and brought to justice a Syrian doctor who has lived in Germany for ten years. On Monday, the 40-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes. The court in Frankfurt am Main found it proven that Alaa M. had killed two people and seriously injured nine people. The crimes were committed in 2011 and 2012 in Syria. For today's 40-year-old defendant, the detention was imposed in custody. An early …
A Syrian doctor, accused of torture of opponents of Bashar al-Assad's regime, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday by the German court, after a three-year trial in Frankfurt. ...
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt/M. - Lifelong Imprisonment for Syrian Doctor for Crimes Against Humanity
A Syrian doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany for crimes against humanity.
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