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Omaima A, the widow of high-ranking Islamic State member Denis Cuspert, arrives for the first day of her trial. Getty
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The installation by Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh consists of structures dressed in clothes that belong to Syrian activists currently residing in diaspora, in Koblenz on the sidelines of a trial on state-sponsored torture in Syria.
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Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh poses in front of his installation called 'The Muted Demonstration.'
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Wafa Mustafa sits between pictures of victims of the Syrian regime as she holds a picture of her father. AFP
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Wafa Mustafa during a protest outside the trial against two Syrian alleged former intelligence officers accused for crimes against humanity. AFP
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Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar Al Bunni in exile in Berlin on April 9, 2020. AFP
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When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him into prison around a decade earlier. AFP
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Anwar Al Bunni said people like Anwar Raslan "cannot think as a human". AFP
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Anwar Raslan is being tried on the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows a foreign country to prosecute crimes against humanity. AFP
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Omaima A, the widow of high-ranking Islamic State member Denis Cuspert, arrives for the first day of her trial. Getty
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The installation by Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh consists of structures dressed in clothes that belong to Syrian activists currently residing in diaspora, in Koblenz on the sidelines of a trial on state-sponsored torture in Syria.
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Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh poses in front of his installation called 'The Muted Demonstration.'
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Wafa Mustafa sits between pictures of victims of the Syrian regime as she holds a picture of her father. AFP
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Wafa Mustafa during a protest outside the trial against two Syrian alleged former intelligence officers accused for crimes against humanity. AFP
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Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar Al Bunni in exile in Berlin on April 9, 2020. AFP
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When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him into prison around a decade earlier. AFP
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Anwar Al Bunni said people like Anwar Raslan "cannot think as a human". AFP
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Anwar Raslan is being tried on the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows a foreign country to prosecute crimes against humanity. AFP
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Omaima A, the widow of high-ranking Islamic State member Denis Cuspert, arrives for the first day of her trial. Getty
Germany arrests two Syrians over Al Nusra execution video
Authorities accuse Syrian men of supporting Al Qaeda-affiliated group amid growing hope Assad allies could also face justice in German courts
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