article | Hannah El-Hitami

The crimes committed by Bashar al-Assad's power apparatus are finally getting the legal attention they deserve as a trial for crimes against humanity in Syria comes to a close in Germany. But there's an important hitch: The men being tried actually deserted from the regime.

Witness, Defendant, Deserter Case in Germany Raises Questions about How to Try Assad’s Atrocities

The crimes committed by Bashar al-Assad’s power apparatus are finally getting the legal attention they deserve as a trial for crimes against humanity in Syria comes to a close in Germany. But there’s an important hitch: The men being tried actually deserted from the regime.

via www.spiegel.de