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For Victims, Syria Torture Trial is 1st Step Toward Justice
[An Nahar] Victims of torture in Syria and human rights...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a landmark trial will be a first step toward justice for countless Syrians who suffered abuse at the hands of  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Leveler of Latakia... 's government in the country's long-running conflict.A court in the German city of Koblenz is scheduled to deliver its ruling Thursday in the trial of Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian secret police officer who is accused of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago. Posted by: Fred 2022-01-13 |
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