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2 Syrian victims and activists demonstrate with signs outside the court in Koblenz, Germany, following the trial of Anwar Raslan
Anwar Raslan's conviction: "The beginning of a wider struggle"
20 January 2022 by Hannah El-Hitami
In Koblenz, Germany, the al-Khatib trial has ended with a life sentence for main defendant Anwar Raslan. The judges found the ex-intelligence officer responsible for torture and killing in Damascus security branch 251. The defence [...]
Anwar Raslan in the dock in Koblenz (Al-Khatib trial), Germany Syria: Anwar Raslan gets life sentence for crimes against humanity
13 January 2022 by AFP
A historic verdict has just been handed down in Germany, on Thursday 13 January. State torture in Syria has been recognised for the first time by a court, in Koblenz, with the sentencing of Anwar Raslan to life for crimes against [...]
Anwar Raslan during his trial in Koblenz, Germany Defence: “Raslan did whatever he could to help”
10 January 2022 by Hannah El-Hitami
The final verdict in the first state torture trial for Syria is expected on January 13, in Koblenz, Germany. Last Thursday, the defence pleaded for Anwar Raslan’s innocence. The former secret service officer himself made a final s [...]
Syrian Colonel Anwar Raslan handcuffed during his trial in Koblenz (Germany) Prosecution: "Raslan was either powerless, or he wasn’t"
6 January 2022 by Hannah El-Hitami
Today on January 6, the defense will make its closing arguments before the court in Koblenz, Germany. The trial against former Syrian secret service colonel Anwar Raslan is coming to an end. In December, the prosecution and joint [...]
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Anwar Raslan in the dock in Koblenz (Al-Khatib trial), Germany
5 November 2021 by Hannah El-Hitami
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 rev [...]
Sedra Alshehabi stands with a placard with the picture of her father Ali and a text reading 'First step but my father and 130000 are still in jail' after the verdict in the trail of Syrian defendant Eyad al-Gharib
1 March 2021 by Hannah El-Hitami
Germany: Lessons from the first conviction of an agent of the Syrian regime On February 24 Eyad al-Gharib was the first Syrian regime official to be convicted by a German court for aiding and abetting the torture and detention of protesters in 2011. The minor role the defendant played in those crimes is m [...]