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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

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Germany: Lessons from the first conviction of an agent of the Syrian regime

1 March 2021 by Hannah El-Hitami

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 [...]

Syrian civilian riding his bike through the street near the remains of a car bomb explosion

Syria

Sweden on the frontline with Syria cases

11 February 2021 by Lena Bjurström

From the first war crimes trial to the first conviction of a government soldier, Sweden has been a pioneer in Europe in the prosecution of crimes committed in Syria. Today, the Swedish Public Prosecutor's Office remains a leader, [...]