Ex-Assad official charged in California for 'flying carpet' torture at Syrian prison

The Gazette

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Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, who served as the head of Syria's Adra Prison between 2005 and 2008 under the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, is accused by a U.S. grand jury of overseeing brutal torture and being directly involved in abuse at the facility.
Newsweek
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The charges come days after Assad fled the country as his government crumbled, and as millions of Syrians begin a reckoning with decades of repression.
International Business Times
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Under Alsheikh, prisoners were beaten while hung from the ceiling or subjected to a device known as the "Flying Carpet," which folded their bodies in half at the waist, causing excruciating pain and sometimes resulting in fractured spines.
Voice Of America
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Alsheikh once served as a governor in Syria and immigrated to the US in 2020
The Independent

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