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In this photo taken on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011, anti-Syrian regime protesters, some wearing Syrian revolution flags, gather during a night demonstration in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Monday Dec. 19, 2011, defected Syrian soldiers position their rifles as they take cover behind a the wall of a damaged house in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in S The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011, anti-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans as they gather at a street in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in Syria with a visit on Tuesday, The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Monday Dec. 26, 2011, a Syrian man walks in an alley shelled by the Syrian army forces in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in Syria with a visit on Tuesday, Dec. 27, The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Monday Dec. 26, 2011, a Syrian doctor, left, treats civilians wounded by Syrian army shelling in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in Syria with a visit on Tuesday, D The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Monday Dec. 26, 2011, a Syrian doctor, left, treats a civilian wounded by Syrian army shelling in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in Syria with a visit on Tuesday, The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011, anti-Syrian regime protesters hold an Arabic banner reading, "to the Arab League, your initiative cannot protect us from death," during a demonstration in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab Lea The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011, anti-Syrian regime protesters flash the victory sign as they wear Syrian revolution flags during a demonstration in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Monday Dec. 26, 2011, a man lies on a hospital bed as he waits for treatment after he was wounded by Syrian army forces shelling in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011, anti-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in Syria with a visit on Tuesday, Dec The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Friday Dec. 23, 2011, anti-Syrian regime activists run to cross the street from sniper fire in the Inshaat area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in Syria with a visit on Tuesday, Dec. The Associated Press
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In this photo taken on Monday Dec. 19, 2011, defected Syrian soldiers position their rifles as they take cover behind a the wall of a damaged house in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. Arab League monitors kicked off their one month mission in S The Associated Press
By Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syrian opposition activists are criticizing the Sudanese head of the Arab League monitoring mission to Syria for serving as a senior official with the "oppressive regime" of President Omar al-Bashir, who is under an international arrest warrant on charges of committing genocide in Darfur.

Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, is a longtime loyalist of al-Bashir and once served as his head of Sudanese military intelligence.

Amnesty International said under al-Dabi's command, military intelligence in the early 1990s "was responsible for the arbitrary arrest and detention, enforced disappearance, and torture or other ill-treatment of numerous people in Sudan."

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