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Former Assad Prison Chief Sentenced to 60 Years in U.S. for Torture

The ruling affirms U.S. use of its Torture Act to hold foreign torturers to account and places new pressure on international partners to make parallel Syrian prosecutions enforceable

Lebanon Hands Former Assad General to Syria in First Transfer Since Regime's Fall

Vienna Court Sentences Two Former Syrian Officials to Eight Years for Raqqa Torture

Vienna Trial Opens for Two Ex‑Syrian Officers Accused of Torture

Ex-Syrian Prison Chief Convicted in U.S. of Torture and Immigration Fraud