The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on territorial ...

A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of Bashar ...

Among the accusations against Alaa Mousa were that he mutilated patients' genitals, beat them with medical equipment and ...

The charges against Alaa Mousa include torturing opponents of the Assad regime in military hospitals in Syria, and murdering at least one by lethal injection. By Isabella Kwai The Syrian doctor ...

Alaa Mousa, 36, who arrived in Germany in 2015 and practiced medicine there until his arrest, faces 18 counts of torturing detainees at military hospitals in Homs and Damascus in 2011-12 ...

Alaa Mousa, who worked in a prison, is expected to be charged with crimes against humanity. He is the third former Syrian official to be detained in Germany. By Christopher F. Schuetze and Ben ...

Alaa Mousa, 36, arrived in Germany in 2015 on a visa for skilled workers after working at a military intelligence prison in the Syrian city of Homs from April 2011 until December 2012. The doctor ...

Berlin, SANA -A German court sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for committing crimes against humanity and being ...

A German court will rule Monday on the case of a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity under former dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime.