"The ministry stated that Abdullah was implicated in committing serious violations against detainees in Sednaya prison, accusing him of being directly responsible for carrying out the executions of detainees inside Sednaya military prison during his tenure as commander of the military police. The prison, outside Damascus, was one of the darkest elements of the al-Assad family rule, which ended after more than 50 years when Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by an offensive in December."
"Rights group Amnesty International has called the facility a human slaughterhouse. A 2017 report by Amnesty said murder, torture, enforced disappearance and extermination had been widespread at the prison since 2011 when the country's war broke out. The rights organisation found that these practices amount to crimes against humanity. A 2014 report by Human Rights Watch corroborated accounts from former detainees of the prison about mass deaths at the facility."
Major General Akram Salloum al-Abdullah was arrested by the Damascus province counterterrorism branch, accused of executing detainees at Sednaya military prison. He held several positions, most notably Commander of the Military Police at the defence ministry between 2014 and 2015. The interior ministry implicated him in serious violations against detainees and accused him of direct responsibility for executions inside Sednaya during his tenure. Sednaya, outside Damascus, was described by rights groups as a site of murder, torture, enforced disappearance and extermination since 2011, practices that amount to crimes against humanity. The Association of Detainees and Missing Persons estimates about 30,000 detained since 2011, roughly 6,000 released, and many remain missing. Campaigners said Abdullah is the highest-ranked individual arrested in relation to Sednaya to date.
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