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Syrian torture victims file complaint in Germany over prison sex abuse

The criminal complaint accuses nine high-ranking Syrian officials of various sexual and gender-based crimes.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Jun 18, 2020
General view of the courtroom during the trial against two Syrian alleged former intelligence officers accused for crimes against humanity, in the first trial of its kind to emerge from the Syrian conflict, in Koblenz, Germany June 4, 2020. Thomas Lohnes/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PIXELLATIONS FROM SOURCE - RC2H2H9DIBYL
A general view of the courtroom is seen during the trial of two Syrian alleged former intelligence officers accused of crimes against humanity, in the first trial of its kind to emerge from the Syrian conflict, in Koblenz, Germany, June 4, 2020. — Thomas Lohnes/REUTERS

A group of men and women who say they suffered sexual abuse in Syrian regime prisons have submitted a criminal complaint to the German federal prosecutor, the Berlin-based organization representing them announced Thursday. 

The complaint accuses nine high-ranking Syrian officials of crimes against humanity, including various sexual and gender-based crimes. 

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