Atrocity Alert No. 243: Myanmar (Burma), Syria and Central African Republic
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URGENT INTERNATIONAL ACTION NEEDED TO END DEADLY MYANMAR COUP
Deadly attacks on peaceful protesters by Myanmar’s security forces continue. More than 60 people have been killed since the 1 February military coup ousted the civilian-led government. At least three protesters were shot dead on Monday, 8 March, in Myitkyina and Pyapon. A local National League for Democracy (NLD) official from Yangon, Khin Maung Latt, died on Sunday, 7 March, after being detained by police. His body reportedly displayed signs of torture. Since then two other NLD officials have also died in custody.
Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial
By FRANK JORDANSFebruary 23, 2021 GMT
BERLIN (AP) Human rights campaigners and torture survivors are closely watching a verdict expected from a German court Wednesday in the trial of a former member of the Syrian secret police, hoping the decision will set a precedent for other cases.
Eyad Al-Gharib is accused of being part of a unit that arrested people following anti-government protests in the Syrian city of Douma and took them to a detention center known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251, where they were tortured.
Al-Gharib went on trial last year with Anwar Raslan, a more senior Syrian ex-official who is accused of overseeing the abuse of detainees at the same jail near Damascus.
For Syrians, the road to justice begins in Europe Human rights advocates aim to hold Syrian officials accountable for war crimes, and some former dignitaries who escaped to Europe under
the pretext of seeking asylum have been charged
By Yannick Pasquet / AFP, KOBLENZ, Germany
Wassim Mukdad has carried a deep darkness inside of him since his native Syria slipped into an abyss of conflict and terror.
However, on a summer day in an ancient city in western Germany, 3,000km from Damascus, he said that he finally glimpsed a “ray of light.”
On that day, Aug. 19 last year, the refugee took the witness stand in a Koblenz courtroom to recount the ordeal he experienced in a Syrian detention center.
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