Trial Monitoring

Inside the Raslan Trial #8: Questions regarding Raslan’s authority and false death certificates

Inside the Raslan Trial #8: Questions regarding Raslan’s authority and false death certificates

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 8 Hearing Dates: August 12 & 13, 2020 >>Trial Report 9 Inside

Inside the Raslan Trial #7: A botched in-court identification and multiple accounts of torture

Inside the Raslan Trial #7: A botched in-court identification and multiple accounts of torture

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 7 Hearing Dates: July 29, 30, & 31, 2020 >>Trial Report 8

The “Beatles” on Trial: Obtaining justice for victims of foreign ISIS fighters

The “Beatles” on Trial: Obtaining justice for victims of foreign ISIS fighters

It is increasingly likely that two ISIS fighters, involved in the killing of several Americans, will be brought to trial in a courtroom in Virginia [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/

Inside the Raslan trial #6: Torture, an Insider Witness, and Facebook

Inside the Raslan trial #6: Torture, an Insider Witness, and Facebook

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 6 Hearing dates of July 1, 2, 3, & 6, 2020 >>Trial

PRESS RELEASE: Syrian journalist and human rights organization secure access to Arabic translation of the Anwar Raslan trial

PRESS RELEASE: Syrian journalist and human rights organization secure access to Arabic translation of the Anwar Raslan trial

Berlin/Koblenz, 19 August 2020 – Accredited Arabic-speaking journalists will finally have access to simultaneous German-Arabic interpretation during the world’s first trial on Syrian state torture before the Higher Regional

PRESS RELEASE: SJAC Petitions German Constitutional Court to obtain Arabic language translation for Syrian Victims

PRESS RELEASE: SJAC Petitions German Constitutional Court to obtain Arabic language translation for Syrian Victims

Berlin, 14 August 2020 – Language barriers are a significant hurdle for Syrians who want to follow and report on the first trial about state torture in Syria [https://syriaaccountability.org/

Inside the Raslan Trial #5: The First Insider Witness Testifies

Inside the Raslan Trial #5: The First Insider Witness Testifies

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 5 Hearing dates of June 24 & 25, 2020 >>Trial Report 6

Witness or Suspect? The Trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al Gharib

Witness or Suspect? The Trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al Gharib

As the trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al-Gharib [https://syriaaccountability.org/updates/2020/03/26/sjac-to-monitor-first-trial-of-senior-government-official/] enters its fifth month, a recurring issue surrounds the initial police questioning of

Inside the Raslan Trial #4: Victims Testify

Inside the Raslan Trial #4: Victims Testify

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 4 Hearing dates of June 3, 4, & 5, 2020 >>Trial Report

“They made me do it” - Necessity and Duress Defenses

“They made me do it” - Necessity and Duress Defenses

A big moment in the trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al Gharib [https://syriaaccountability.org/updates/2020/03/26/sjac-to-monitor-first-trial-of-senior-government-official/] came on May 18 when Anwar Raslan’s defense