BBCNEWS BBC News January 13, 2022 10:32:00
That he didn't like the answers i gave, he ordered somebody next to me to start to hit me. german lawyers fought hard for this trial, prompted by syrian survivors who fled to germany. they told terrible stories. torturers using special tools, electric shocks, rape. crimes so serious they could be tried outside syria in a german court. this is a landmark case, and of course it's aboutjustice being done, but it's also about gathering a body of evidence for the future and giving a voice to those the assad regime wanted to silence. and jennyjoins us now from koblenz. how significant is this convic...