(Deutsche Welle-Germany) Two former Syrian secret service officers arrested in February have been charged with participating in mass rape, torture and crimes against humanity, German federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Anwar R. headed an investigative unit with its own prison in the Damascus area from April 2011 to September 2012. Karlsruhe prosecutors charged Anwar R. on Oct. 22 with "complicity in crimes against humanity" and "murder in 58 cases, rape and aggravated sexual assault" in the jail where 4,000 prisoners suffered "brutal and massive torture." Eyad A-G hunted down members of an anti-government protest, imprisoning them in the same unit despite knowing of its torture practices. He aided and abetted two killings and the physical abuse of at least 30 people.
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