A former Syrian official convicted by a German court in the first such case

It has been almost ten years since the Arab Spring arrived in Syria, exactly when the Assad regime caused a long winter of cruel repression. (Subscribe:

Today, a German court ruled that a former member of President Assad’s secret police was guilty of facilitating the torture of prisoners. Eyad Al-Gharib sought asylum in Germany before being arrested in 2019. Campaigners hope his trial will be the first to get justice for the hundreds of thousands of people who have disappeared in the Syrian regime’s notorious prisons. Warning: This report contains graphic images of torture that will be of concern to some viewers. ———————– Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/Channel4News

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