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From Belarus to Syria, victims look for justice in Germany

At the Syrian trial in Germany, personal encounters with Colonel Raslan 29 April 2021 By Hannah El-Hitami, our special envoy in Koblenz, Germany In Germany, the first trial on crimes by the Syrian regime has entered its second year. After establishing the structural context in which the crimes were committed, the court is now focusing on the individual role of the accused Anwar Raslan, a former senior officer in Syria’s intelligence services. Share Republish × You are free to republish this article both online and in print. We ask that you follow some simple rules describe...

For Syrians, the road to justice begins in Europe Human rights advocates aim to hold Syrian officials accountable for war crimes, and some former dignitaries who escaped to Europe under the pretext of seeking asylum have been charged By Yannick Pasquet / AFP, KOBLENZ, Germany Wassim Mukdad has carried a deep darkness inside of him since his native Syria slipped into an abyss of conflict and terror. However, on a summer day in an ancient city in western Germany, 3,000km from Damascus, he said that he finally glimpsed a “ray of light.” On that...

Mukdad is among the Syrian exiles who have turned to European courts to ensure that state-sponsored crimes in Syria do not go unpunished. Cases have been filed in Germany, Austria, Sweden and Norway against officials in Assad's regime by around 100 refugees, backed by Berlin NGO, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR).

German court sentences Eyad al-Gharib for aiding, abetting crimes against humanity at Damascus' Al Khatib prison - Anadolu Agency