Syria authorities arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties
A Syria war monitor has said the country’s new authorities have arrested a military justice official under the ousted government of president Bashar al-Assad who issued death sentences in the notorious Saydnaya prison.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was arrested in the coastal Tartus province, a stronghold of Assad’s clan, along with 20 members of his entourage.
Source: Agence France Presse
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