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Inside the Raslan Trial #22: Pregnant at Al-Khatib

Inside the Raslan Trial #22: Pregnant at Al-Khatib

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 22 Hearing Date: December 16, 2020 >>Trial Report 23 Inside the Raslan

Inside the Raslan Trial #21: “There was always hope and fear”

Inside the Raslan Trial #21: “There was always hope and fear”

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 21 Hearing Dates: December 9 & 10, 2020 >>Trial Report 22 Inside

Blackboxing Justice: Greater transparency needed in German universal jurisdiction trials

Blackboxing Justice: Greater transparency needed in German universal jurisdiction trials

On April 23, 2020, Germany was commended on the start of “the world’s first trial on state-torture” [https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/44167-first-time-torture-assad-regime-discussed-in-court.html] . Still, close observers of the

Inside the Raslan Trial #20: Gaining information “by whatever means” – a 30-year veteran of Syrian Intelligence

Inside the Raslan Trial #20: Gaining information “by whatever means” – a 30-year veteran of Syrian Intelligence

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 20 Hearing Dates: December 1 & 2, 2020 >>Trial Report 21 Inside

Inside the Raslan Trial #19: Eyewitness Declares 90% Certainty That Raslan Beat Him

Inside the Raslan Trial #19: Eyewitness Declares 90% Certainty That Raslan Beat Him

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 19 Hearing dates of November 25 and 26, 2020 >>Trial Report 20

Reflections on the Eyad Al-Gharib Judgment

Reflections on the Eyad Al-Gharib Judgment

On February 24, 2021, the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz found Eyad Al-Gharib guilty of aiding and abetting torture and forced imprisonment as crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to

Coverage of the ISIS Beatles Trial Should Avoid Sensationalism and Center Victims

Coverage of the ISIS Beatles Trial Should Avoid Sensationalism and Center Victims

A recent New York Times scandal [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/business/media/new-york-times-caliphate-podcast.html] has renewed discussions on media coverage of ISIS, specifically the danger of sensationalism

Inside the Raslan Trial #18: The Czech and a Journalist: “the corpse’s head knocked against each step”

Inside the Raslan Trial #18: The Czech and a Journalist: “the corpse’s head knocked against each step”

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 18 Hearing Dates: November 17, 18 & 19, 2020 >>Trial Report 19

Inside the Raslan Trial #17: A Forensic Analysis of the Caesar Photos

Inside the Raslan Trial #17: A Forensic Analysis of the Caesar Photos

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 17 Hearing Dates: November 3 & 4, 2020 >>Trial Report 18 Inside

Inside the Raslan Trial #16: How the Syrian Government Documented Torture and How “Caesar” Leaked the Photos

Inside the Raslan Trial #16: How the Syrian Government Documented Torture and How “Caesar” Leaked the Photos

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 16 Hearing Dates: October 27, 28, 29, 2020 >>Trial Report 17 Inside