Anwar Raslan

Anwar Raslan (Arabic: أنور رسلان, romanized: ‘Anwār Raslān)^[1] (born 3 February 1963)^[2] is a former Syrian colonel. He led a unit of Syria's General Intelligence Directorate.^[3]

In January 2022, he was convicted of crimes against humanity in a German court with. The specific charges against him were 4,000 counts of torture, 58 counts of murder, and rape and sexual coercion.^[4] His case was the first international war crimes case against a member of the Syrian government during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad.^[5]

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↑ "من مخابرات الأسد إلى المنفى.. مسار سوريّين يحاكمان في ألمانيا | DW | 25.04.2020". Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-03.
↑ "Inside the Anwar Raslan trial: the first four days". Syria Justice & Accountability Centre. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
↑ "High-profile Syrian war crimes trial begins in Germany. Intelligence official charged with overseeing 4,000 counts of torture and 58 murders". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
↑ "Anklage gegen zwei mutmaßliche Mitarbeiter des syrischen Geheimdienstes wegen der Begehung von Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit u.a. zugelassen". rlp.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
↑ "Laws to catch human-rights abusers are growing teeth". The Economist. 2021-01-02. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Mr Raslan was arrested in 2019. His trial began in Koblenz in April 2020 and may last for more than a year. (...) The Koblenz case is the first where a member of the Syrian regime, albeit of middle rank, is facing justice in court.

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[1] "من مخابرات الأسد إلى المنفى.. مسار سوريّين يحاكمان في ألمانيا | DW | 25.04.2020". Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[2] "Inside the Anwar Raslan trial: the first four days". Syria Justice & Accountability Centre. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[:2-3] "High-profile Syrian war crimes trial begins in Germany. Intelligence official charged with overseeing 4,000 counts of torture and 58 murders". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[:0-4] "Anklage gegen zwei mutmaßliche Mitarbeiter des syrischen Geheimdienstes wegen der Begehung von Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit u.a. zugelassen". rlp.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[:1-5] "Laws to catch human-rights abusers are growing teeth". The Economist. 2021-01-02. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Mr Raslan was arrested in 2019. His trial began in Koblenz in April 2020 and may last for more than a year. (...) The Koblenz case is the first where a member of the Syrian regime, albeit of middle rank, is facing justice in court.

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