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Anwar Raslan in the dock in Koblenz (Al-Khatib trial), Germany
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Syrian torture trial in Germany: “Raslan was scared”

As the first Syrian state crimes trial in Europe is coming to an end, it is the defence’s turn to show the main defendant, Anwar Raslan, in a different light. They presented a man stripped of real authority, sympathetic to the revolution early on, and helping prisoners where he could – until he could defect. […]
By Hannah El-Hitami
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