Simon Hooper is an award-winning journalist who has previously worked for CNN and Al Jazeera. He was Freelance Writer of the Year at the 2014 Online Media Awards. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/simon-hooper/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Human Rights Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:29:19 +0000 Simon Hooper https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/02/03/torture-complaint-filed-against-syrian-officials-in-spanish-court https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/02/03/torture-complaint-filed-against-syrian-officials-in-spanish-court Lawyers representing the sister of a Syrian man allegedly tortured to death in 2013 files criminal complaint to Spain’s National Court in first case ever brought against Syrian officials in a Western court.