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.

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