VIENNA: An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer go on trial in Vienna on Monday, accused of torturing opponents of the now-deposed regime of Bashar Assad. State prosecutors in Vienna said in a statement the two were accused “of having, on numerous occasions, ordered or failed to oppose the mistreatment of members of a protest movement.” The defendants, a former brigadier general in the Syrian intelligence services and a former head of the investigations office of the local criminal police, are said to have committed the crimes in Raqqa between April 2011 and March 2013.

Un ex-général et un ex-policier syriens ont commencé à être jugés lundi à Vienne, en Autriche, lors d’un rare procès en Europe pour des faits de torture commis sur des opposants…

An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer pleaded not guilty on Monday to torturing opponents of ousted president Bashar al-Assad as their trial started in…