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On December 27, 2024, the ] announced that it had arrested Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, former head of the military judiciary under the ] and a prison guard at ].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad|work=] |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241226-syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|work=] |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref> |
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== Background == |
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Kanjo Hassan was the head of Syria's military field court from 2011 to 2014. Later on, Kanjo Hassan was promoted to chief of military justice across Syria, |
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It is believed that Kanjo Hassan made $150 million from bribes paid by relatives of detainees desperate for information on their loved ones.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-former-justice-who-sent-thousands-to-death-arrested|work=] |url=https://www.amp.dw.com/en/syria-former-justice-who-sent-thousands-to-death-arrested/a-71166368|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|work=] |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref> |
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After the ], Kanjo Hassan would go into hiding. |
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== Events == |
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Deadly clashes erupted in the coastal province of ] between security forces that tried to arrest Kanjo Hassan and gunmen who sought to protect him. |
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The next day, Kanjo Hassan was arrested in the village of ] in the countryside of ] along with his 20 other members of the Assad government during a large-scale security campaign carried out by the Military Operations Department.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-authorities-arrest-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties|work=] |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/27/syria-authorities-arrest-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-ngo_6736475_4.html|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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