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Coverage dated January 11, 2022 to January 12, 2022

Syrian official sentenced to life for crimes against humanity in landmark German trial

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Anwar Raslan is the most senior official from President Bashar Assad’s regime to face justice for atrocity crimes committed during the Syrian Civil War.

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  1. The Times of Israel

    Syrian torture victims await justice in landmark German trial (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Court set to deliver ruling for former Syrian secret police officer Anwar Raslan, accused of crimes against humanity for abuse of detainees at Damascus jail a decade ago

  2. Washington Post

    Syrian intelligence officer convicted of war crimes, gets life in prison in landmark German trial (opens Washington Post)

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    Anwar Raslan's co-defendant, Eyad al-Gharib was convicted early last year and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.

  3. Insider

    Syrian secret-police officer sentenced to life in world's first trial over state torture during the civil war (opens Insider)

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    Anwar Raslan, now 58, was accused of overseeing dozens of murders and the torture of thousands of prisoners in 2011 and 2012.

  4. New York Times

    Live Updates: Former Syrian Colonel Guilty in War Crimes Trial in Germany (opens New York Times)

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    A court convicted Anwar Raslan of overseeing torture at a detention center nearly a decade ago. He was sentenced to life in prison, in one of the world’s first criminal trials on atrocities in Syria’s decade-long civil war.

  5. Al Jazeera

    German court sentences former Syrian colonel to life in prison (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Landmark ruling sees Anwar Raslan convicted for crimes against humanity in Damascus jail a decade ago.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Syrian official sentenced to life for crimes against humanity in landmark German trial (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Anwar Raslan is the most senior official from President Bashar Assad’s regime to face justice for atrocity crimes committed during the Syrian Civil War.

  7. Al-Monitor

    German court convicts ex-Syrian officer of crimes against humanity (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Anwar Raslan is the highest-ranking former Syrian government official to be tried for crimes committed in Syria's civil war.

  8. The Times of Israel

    In world first, German court convicts man of crimes against humanity in Syria war (opens The Times of Israel)

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    In verdict hailed as 'breakthrough,' Anwar Raslan sentenced to life behind bars for overseeing 'systematic and brutal torture' of 4,000 prisoners in early stages of civil war

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