German prosecutors have charged a suspected former member of Syrian ‍intelligence with crimes against humanity and the torture and murder of ‍dozens of prisoners held in a Damascus prison under Bashar al-Assad, a statement said on Monday. The accused, who was arrested in May and identified only as Fahad A. ⁠under German privacy rules, was suspected of working as a guard in a prison in the Syrian capital between the end of April 2011 and mid-April 2012, it said. “There, he participated in well over 100 interrogations during which prisoners were subjected to severe physical ‍abuse, such as electric shocks or beatings with cables,” it said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “On the orders ‍of ‍his superiors, the accused ⁠also abused inmates at ‌night, for example by ⁠hanging them from ‍the ceiling, dousing them with cold water, or forcing them to ⁠remain in uncomfortable positions. As a result of such