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Anwar Raslan during his trial in Koblenz, Germany

Defence: “Raslan did whatever he could to help”

The final verdict in the first state torture trial for Syria is expected on January 13, in Koblenz, Germany. Last Thursday, the defence pleaded for Anwar Raslan’s innocence. The former secret service officer himself made a final statement, in which he declined any responsibility for the crimes committed in the al-Khatib prison of Damascus, Syria, […]

By Hannah El-Hitami

Syrian Colonel Anwar Raslan handcuffed during his trial in Koblenz (Germany)

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A woman and young Yezidi refugee girls

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Anwar Raslan in the dock in Koblenz (Al-Khatib trial), Germany

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Women all dressed in black and a child in a refugee camp

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at his trial in Germany

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Exterior view of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin

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Bronze of Oba, a king of Benin

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The hands of a Syrian doctor with blood on his scrubs

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Banner on the balcony of a building in Lyon, France:

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Demonstration in Damas, Syria

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German neo-Nazis mass for festival on Hitler's birthday

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