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Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial

Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial
By FRANK JORDANSFebruary 23, 2021 GMT
BERLIN (AP) — Human rights campaigners and torture survivors are closely watching a verdict expected from a German court Wednesday in the trial of a former member of the Syrian secret police, hoping the decision will set a precedent for other cases.
Eyad Al-Gharib is accused of being part of a unit that arrested people following anti-government protests in the Syrian city of Douma and took them to a detention center known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251, where they were tortured.
Al-Gharib went on trial last year with Anwar Raslan, a more senior Syrian ex-official who is accused of overseeing the abuse of detainees at the same jail near Damascus.

Germany , Koblenz , Rheinland-pfalz , Syria , Damascus , Dimashq , Berlin , Syrian , German , Wolfgang-kaleck , Al-khatib , Joumana-seif

First Syrian Torture Trial Done: Where Does It Lead?

On February 24
th, a court in Koblenz, Germany returned a conviction in the first trial on torture in the Syrian civil war. Eyad al-Gharib, a 44-year-old former intelligence officer under Bashar al-Assad’s regime, has been charged with four and a half years in prison for arresting over 30 protestors in 2011, whom the government would later detain, torture, and murder. Al-Gharib fled to Germany and obtained asylum status there, but was later arrested in 2019. The same court will soon hear another ex-officer who murdered 58 people.
Human rights observers have highly praised the trial. Anwar al-Bunni, a lawyer who was imprisoned by the Syrian government and later exiled to Germany, commented to the B.B.C. that the trial “represents the first step towards justice that the Syrian victims have truly felt… Although this trial is centred on two defendants … it targets the infernal machine of torture and murder.” On his Twitter, Steve Kostas, a lawyer who represents Syrian plaintiffs, described the trial as “HISTORIC” [emphasis his] and an “important validation of the struggle by Syrian victims and activists to secure accountability for the government’s crimes.”

Syria , Germany , Koblenz , Rheinland-pfalz , Rome , Lazio , Italy , Syrian , Andrew-rathmell , Eyad-al-gharib , Steve-kostas , Bashar-al-assad

Why Germany is expanding reach in 'universal jurisdiction' prosecutions

Why Germany is expanding reach in 'universal jurisdiction' prosecutions
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Germany , United-states , United-kingdom , Damascus , Dimashq , Syria , Washington , China , Koblenz , Rheinland-pfalz , Russia , Karlsruhe

Journalists look to Germany for justice in Khashoggi killing

Journalists look to Germany for justice in Khashoggi killing
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Germany , Istanbul , Turkey , United-states , United-kingdom , Damascus , Dimashq , Syria , Washington , China , Koblenz , Rheinland-pfalz

Group of Survivors Demand France Probe 2013 Syria Chemical Attacks

Group of Survivors Demand France Probe 2013 Syria Chemical Attacks
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Germany , Khan-shaykhun , Idlib , Syria , Ghouta , Dimashq , Damascus , France , Syrian , French , German , Steve-kostas

Groups ask France to probe 2013 Syria chemical attacks

The suit concerns 2013 attacks in Douma and the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. It is the second such effort in Europe in recent months seeking accountability in chemical attacks.

Germany , Khan-shaykhun , Idlib , Syria , Paris , France-general , France , Ghouta , Dimashq , Damascus , Syrian , French

Syrian chemical attack survivors urge France to investigate 2013 atrocities

Syrian chemical attack survivors urge France to investigate 2013 atrocities
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Germany , Khan-shaykhun , Idlib , Syria , Paris , France-general , France , Ghouta , Dimashq , Damascus , Syrian , French

RTL 5minutes - Une plainte visant les attaques chimiques attribuées au régime syrien déposée à Paris

RTL 5minutes - Une plainte visant les attaques chimiques attribuées au régime syrien déposée à Paris
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Damascus , Dimashq , Syria , Germany , Aleppo , Lab , Ghouta , Rawalpindi , Punjab , Pakistan , France , Syrian

Syrie : Une plainte visant les attaques chimiques attribuées au régime de Bachar al-Assad déposée à Paris

Syrie : Une plainte visant les attaques chimiques attribuées au régime de Bachar al-Assad déposée à Paris
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Damascus , Dimashq , Syria , Germany , Gael , Bretagne , France , Aleppo , Lab , Ghouta , Syrian , French

La justice française saisie pour les attaques chimiques lancées contre les Syriens en 2013

La justice française saisie pour les attaques chimiques lancées contre les Syriens en 2013
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Damascus , Dimashq , Syria , Germany , Aleppo , Lab , Ghouta , France , Syrian , French , German , Al-khatib