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In landmark trial, victim speaks of Assad regime's threat of forced disappearance in Syria: "I will hide you behind sun where blue flies dare not stray."
Luna Watfa was jailed in her home country of Syria for reporting on human rights abuses. Now living in Germany, the tables have turned: She finds herself documenting the trial of the very man who used to run the infamous Al-Khatib detention center where she was brought.
Syrian official faces war crime charges for overseeing brutal prison torture
Germany: Syrian torture on trial Torture in Syria - a German court has been deliberating it for one year now. It is an extraordinary process: not only are the defendants being held responsible, but also the Assad regime itself. Wassim Mukdad has first-hand experience of what it means to be at the arbitrary mercy of a state. He was repeatedly beaten and mistreated in the notorious Al-Khatib prison. The Syrian musician fled to Germany, as did the journalist Luna Watfa, who was also in custody. Both are now putting their hopes in the Koblenz Higher Regional Court. It is currently deliberating ...
How a Syrian torture victim found justice in Germany Luna Watfa was imprisoned by Syria's secret service. Now in Germany, she has closely followed the trial of regime torturers in a Koblenz court. Luna was captured, tortured, then fled — and faced her past in the German city of Koblenz Luna, who asked that her real name not be used, spent more than 60 days in the courtroom, hoping for answers, for justice — and reliving painful experiences. "I remember what happened to me," she said. "When I have to hear the same details about torture from witnesses, it is very difficult for me."