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2 Syrian victims and activists demonstrate with signs outside the court in Koblenz, Germany, following the trial of Anwar Raslan
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Anwar Raslan's conviction: "The beginning of a wider struggle"

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 claimed that he has not been sentenced for his individual guilt but as a representative of the regime, and announced […]
By Hannah El-Hitami
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