MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : GERMANY LATE BUT MAY BE NOT TOO LATE – Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Assad Regime’s Top Intelligence Official

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) –   9 June 2018 – Germany’s chief federal prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant for Jamil Hassan (pictured), the Assad regime’s head of Air Force Intelligence. Hassan, who has held his position since 2009, has been charged with “crimes against humanity” over the torture and murder of hundreds of detainees in Syria between 2011 and 2013. The warrant is the first issued by a Western country against a high-ranking official of the Assad regime.

The military photographer Caesar brought out pictures of almost 6,800 slain detainees in 2013. Amnesty International has reported that up to 13,000 prisoners were executed in Sednaya Prison between 2011 and 2015.

The warrant is based on Caesar’s photographs.

According to international media, Hassan lamented the regime’s reaction to the uprising in 2011, suggesting that the response should have been the same as in Hama in 1982, when between 20,000 and 30,000 people were killed after an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood.

High-ranking German officials said that, although there was little hope of apprehending Hassan soon, “We will not forget about this. We want to get this man.” More via www.mesop.de