Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

GERMANY/SYRIA TRIAL

Published on: 24 February, 2021

The Verdict in what German prosecutors say is the first criminal trial worldwide concerning torture by the Syrian government. 44-year-old Eyad A. is accused of facilitating the torture of at least 30 demonstrators by transporting them to the prison in Damascus where they were tortured in 2011. The other man on trial, Anwar R., is accused of 58 counts of murder and 4000 of torture; his trial continues.