Trial Monitoring

Inside the Hasna A. Trial # 2: Plaintiffs’ Right to Speak and Prosecution Office’s Final Submissions

Inside the Hasna A. Trial # 2: Plaintiffs’ Right to Speak and Prosecution Office’s Final Submissions

District Court of the Hague – Schiphol Judicial Complex, The Netherlands Trial Monitoring Summary #2 Hearing Date: October 16, 2024    CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.   Note that this summary

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #91: Fall of Assad: Speaking Freely and Fearless for the First Time?

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #91: Fall of Assad: Speaking Freely and Fearless for the First Time?

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #91 Hearing Date: December 10 & 12, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a

Inside the Ahmad H. Trial #13: Chronological Confusion and Mistaken Identity?

Inside the Ahmad H. Trial #13: Chronological Confusion and Mistaken Identity?

Hanseatic Higher Regional Court – Hamburg, Germany  Trial Monitoring Summary #13 Hearing Date: September 18, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.   Note that this summary is not a verbatim

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #90: Faking a Document? A Piece of Cake.

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #90: Faking a Document? A Piece of Cake.

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #90 Hearing Date: December 3 & 5, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a

Inside the Hasna A. Trial # 1: Substantive Hearing in Hasna A. Case

Inside the Hasna A. Trial # 1: Substantive Hearing in Hasna A. Case

District Court of the Hague – Schiphol Judicial Complex, the Netherlands Trial Monitoring Summary #1 Hearing Date: October 14, 2024 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #89: Propaganda’s Lemmings

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #89: Propaganda’s Lemmings

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #89 Hearing Date: November 12, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a verbatim transcript

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #88: A Little Bird Told Me

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #88: A Little Bird Told Me

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #88 Hearing Date: November 5 & 7, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a

Hezbollah’s Role in Syria Under Scrutiny in Historic Trial in Germany

Hezbollah’s Role in Syria Under Scrutiny in Historic Trial in Germany

On October 15, 2024, at the Higher Regional Court Stuttgart, Germany, began the first trial worldwide against a Hezbollah member for crimes committed in the Syrian conflict. The trial provides

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #87: Déjà Vu

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #87: Déjà Vu

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #87 Hearing Date: October 31, 2024      CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.     Note that this summary is not a verbatim transcript

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #86: “Dirty Work”

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #86: “Dirty Work”

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #86 Hearing Date: October 10, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a verbatim transcript