# @middleeastmatters on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrAACVOZO9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18971655-middleeastmatters-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-01-13T13:26:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Middle East Matters (MEM) (@middleeastmatters) — https://gondola.cc/middleeastmatters

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A German court has sentenced Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian colonel, to life in prison for committing crimes against humanity such as supervising the “systematic and brutal torture” of more than 4,000 people at the Al-Khatib prison in Damascus between April 2011 and September 2012, resulting in the deaths of at least 58 people.

The landmark ruling marked the first time a Syrian senior officer has been convicted in the first-ever case involving state-sponsored torture and crimes against humanity. It is the first step towards justice for countless Syrians who suffered and continue to suffer abuse at the hands of the Syrian regime. 

📷 Photo description: Syrian defendant Anwar Raslan, 57, at court in Koblenz, western Germany on April 23, 2020. According to court's ruling the face of the defendant must be made unrecognizable. 

#Syria #MiddleEast #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Justice #HumanRights #MiddleEastMatters

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