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President of the Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad
A German court is preparing, this Wednesday, to rule in the first case in the crimes of the regime, which may be the beginning of justice and accountability, according to the British newspaper The Independent.
German prosecutors in Koblenz have brought a case against Anwar al-Raslan, a former Syrian intelligence colonel, and a lower-ranking official named Iyad al-Gharib, charging that they both supervised or participated in the torture and murder. of opponents of the Assad regime inside the notorious Rama 251 detention center on Al-Khatib street in Damascus.
The verdict is scheduled to be delivered today, after 10 months of allegations and testimony from former prisoners, and al-Gharib is scheduled to appear in court.
If we are found guilty of crimes against humanity, it will be the first time that a Syrian regime official has been held responsible for the imprisonment, torture, sexual assault and execution of tens of thousands of Syrians who were arrested after the peaceful war. Survey of 2011.
Raslan denied the allegations, while Gharib insisted to investigators that he was following orders from high-ranking officials who would have hurt him if he refused.
Oscar-nominated director Firas Fayyad described his detention inside the Al-Khatib Street facility in testimony he sent to the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, and spoke about beatings with hard wires and canes on the feet and the back, hanging by their hands and sexual assaults. “The conditions inside the filthy and dirty cells were horrible with little food and water and no medical attention,” he said.
For his part, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in November: “Impunity must end,” praising Koblenz’s trial. “The perpetrators must be brought to justice.”
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