For Victims, Syria Torture Trial is 1st Step Toward Justice
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BERLIN (Associated Press) -- Victims of torture in Syria and human rights activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a landmark trial will be a first st...
A court in the German city of Koblenz is scheduled to deliver its ruling Thursday in the trial of Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian secret police officer who is accused of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago.
When justice happens far away and is conducted in a foreign language, who is it really for?
German courts and investigators are taking on crimes far beyond their borders — alleged war crimes by ISIS, the Syrian regime and others.