ah, germany is leading the way in international justice, prosecuting this man, colonel anwar roslyn. a former syrian intelligence officer, germany recognized, was called universal jurisdiction, which means it has jurisdiction to take a prosecution, even if the crime didn't get committed in germany and didn't get committed against the german. ah, steven rappe has been at the forefront of international war crimes trials for the past 20 years. germany as a country that has the broadest laws in this space and frankly recognizes its own responsibility from its history. and german law does permitted to investigate crimes of international concern cuz they involve torture, which is an which is a norm, protected by the torture convention. and respected supposedly by all of human kind and crimes against humanity and war crimes prosecuted at nuremberg. these crimes which states can prosecute even if they don't occur on their territory. in compliance, 5 judges preside over the 1st ever syrian war crimes tribunals. a junior intelligence officer has already begun a 4 and a half years sentence, but

but the trial of his commander, anwar roslyn, is the landmark case. he was a colonel involved and in charge of interrogation, interrogation in detention facilities was difficult to $51.00 and al kitty in damascus. huh. is it carnell? he's in charge of target? she is making up the less of who, who gets brought in. he knows what's happening in these situations as people are reading, ah, you know, bent over double warner spines, cracked. he knows what's happening with people whipped and, and burned. now he purported to the fact he told people that he was going to cooperate and, and provide assistance. i never did. he tried to present himself as much as a repentant global level individual, and frankly drew attention to himself. um, with, with the germans unwind roslyn arrived in germany seeking asylum, but in fact said, loyal to the regime. now his trial is on masking the crimes and network of torture centers. at the heart of the syrian states, the syrian secret services can literally do everything they want arrest, whoever they want, make them disappear,

ghrer is a plaintiff in the trial against anwar ruslan-- a high-ranking officer of the syrian regimed-- for crimes against humanity. >> ( translated ): it's something we've been waiting for, for a very long time. we thought it's never going to happen, but then when it happened, you tell yourself, it's a dream, it can't possibly be true. >> reporter: in syria, ghrer blogged about his support of syria's wave of the arab spring, which began in march 2011, and has led to nearly 11 years of civil war. for his support of the demonstrations, ghrer says he was imprisoned and tortured at al-khatib, one of the largest in a labyrinth of government prison complexes in syria. >> ( translated ): for me, the psychological torture was worst. the psychological torment is in waiting for the next session of torture. as a detainee, i was always waiting for the next torture session. asking all sorts of questions. being between life and death. it was a difficult situation. >> reporter: ghrer was imprisoned for about 3.5 years. after his release in 2015, he fled to germany, joining nearly a million syrians

like many syrians, loya anwar albany, has suffered at the hands of the regime. and he'll be traveling to copeland to hear the verdict they added. they could not be the more the storm was lead that of the school. i give his destruction to everybody. you know, for me it's not broken up just about systemic crimes. homey good by the state. from po, it's 11, including the prison control you want to send message will follow you with the school to will never find these after all described to committed into the once fed commander approach. 251 has become an emblem of accountability for the survivors, lawyers and investigates is taking part of his trial. the message to assad is clear . you are not above the law. the evidence is ready. blue europe's grand capitals are littered with monuments loading their imperial power and their museums filled with artifacts, spoils of war and occupation uprooted from their places of origin. people and power explores the heated debate around right from ownership, admits activists taking matters into their own. out of africa on a, just a,

anwar faces collapse without more funding.t happens if nations do not come through, and has it been stretched too thin? this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. i am rob matheson. nearly 6 million people rely on anna mark, the united nations relief organization for palestinians in the near east. it provides food aid, health care and other essential services in jordan, lebanon, syria and the occupied palestinian territories. fulfilling that mandate requires a huge amount of money. anwar has launched an appeal for 1.6 billion dollars this year. the agency has struggled to raise enough donations in the past. the shortfall could lead to its collapse. first, this report in lebanon, home to half a million palestinian refugees. >> they have been refugees twice in the past. these palestinians are homeless. they are struggling to survive. the financial support they were receiving from the united nations relief and works agency has been cut because it is facing a budget crisis. they use >> to give us $100 for rent. now it

anwar raslan presided over the torture of 4000 people at the notorious al—khatib prison in damascus.ke hell, really. wassim survived incarceration, interrogation at al—khatib. he told me directly, lay on your stomach and raise your feet in the air so you are in a stress position, and i should answer the questions, and whenever the answers didn't, he didn't like the answers i gave, he ordered somebody next to me to start to hit me. it's a painful justice. many were tortured to death and over two years the court has heard terrible stories. torturers using special tools, electric shocks, rape, crimes so serious they could be tried outside syria in a german court. this verdict really matters. it's justice, of course, for the families of those killed, for those who survived torture. it's also a criminal court, acknowledging that the regime of bashar al—assad committed crimes against humanity, against its own people. this is anwar al—bunni, who was himself arrested by raslan and recognised him after both men came to germany. i am so happy. it's historical, this, in fact, and an historical

like many syrians, loya anwar albany, has suffered at the hands of the regime. and he'll be travelling to copeland to hear the verdict they added. they could not be the more the storm was lead that of the school. i give his destruction to everybody. you know, for me it's not broken that was about systemically crime. oh me, good by the state. from po, it's 11, including the prison control you want to send message will follow you with the school to will never find these after all this going to go into the once fed commander approach. 251 has become an emblem of accountability for the survivors, lawyers and investigates, is taking part of his trial. the message to a site is clear. you are not above the law. the evidence is ready. me. ah ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways, we may have another nor'easter on our hands. hello everyone, those details coming out. but 1st, where the disturbance is, it's bringing out its moisture over florida and particularly heavy falls from miami . then it's going to zip up the atlantic. so i'll take

anwar lost a big part of its funding in 2018 when donald trump cut support, but it was partially reinstatedden administration. nearly 2 million palestinian refugees across the middle east rely on the agency for basic services such as food, health and jobs. we report from beirut. >> they've been refugees twice in the past. now these palestinians from syria are again homeless. thousands fled to lebanon during syria's civil war. they are struggling to survive. the financial support they were receiving from the united nations leave and works agency has been cut because anwar is facing a budget crisis. >> they use to give us $100 for rent. now it is $25. they've reduced food assistance to $12 per person. everything is expensive. they threw us in the streets. >> that is where they've been for at least a week. they set up camp in beirut and say they will not leave until a solution is found to their plight. >> it is supposed to be our lifeline, but they are not giving us basic needs, and we cannot go back to syria. many of us are wanted by authorities. >> even before palestinian started arriving, i

the trial of anwar ross lun seen here and obscured footage from before. the verdict had great personal meaning for watha savish many highly. if this is very important to me, any ability because i was also a political prisoner. i learned about that. and when the witnesses give their testimonies and tell their stories, i also hear my story, he isolated. then there is, in fact like, i'm also writing my story behind the scenes in, i'll my negotiation. prosecutors alleged rosslyn had led a secret service unit responsible for torture and killings at alkahottie prison and damascus. they charged with crimes against humanity, including $4000.00 counts of torture and dozens of murders. they sought and were given a life sentence for his crimes. during the trial, what for re lived her own experience in alcott, iep and 2013 agents arrested her for research in the chemical weapons attack on eastern gouter. by then ross la no longer worked at alca t. what was spent more than a year in prison, suffering serious abuse. most of all, she was scared for her children. when sh

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don't forget unless there is justice. antoinette beaks, kate, anwar albany, will go to cobblins for the verdict, is focus is not just on the man in the dark. he sees a much bigger picture, you know, liberal, the issue for me to click and williston go. it's not about him personally. it's not about mikey's or my feeling against him or not. i so happy because somebody ripleys in this lesion ripleys in the system now and go to court now, and they're watching from ports or i don't care her to do it to him or, or charge him benson. and if he will chat of as baton. i don't care i, i focus about charge as part of that. he gene the 1st ever war crimes trial for a syrian high ranking officer came about through a combination of witness statements and documents, documents that could potentially incriminate to the entire assad regime. in the 2nd part of his people and powers special report will go inside the covert documents gathering hope ration exactly how high to these documents go up. these documents lead us all the way to the top on the ceiling regime up to and including president aside charged

anwar raslan was found guilty of murder, rape and torture committed as part of president assad's crackdownernment demonstrations. the landmark case was brought under the principal of universaljurisdiction, which allows courts to prosecute war crimes committed anywhere in the world. for the first time, the us justice department has brought sedition charges in connection with the storming of the capitol building in washington last january. the founder of a far— right militia, the oath keepers, has been charged along with ten others — with the fbi raiding texas properties related to the group. the us supreme court has blocked a key part of president biden�*s strategy to combat the pandemic. it rejected the policy of making covid vaccinations or weekly testing compulsory at firms with over a hundred employees. the court was divided along political lines, with the six conservative judges all deciding against the strategy. there are fresh allegations that parties were held in downing street — at a time when indoor mixing between people from different households was banned in england because of c

the trial of anwar ross lun seen here and obscured footage from before. the verdict had great personal meaning for watha. zaplishny riley is this is very important to me any ability because i was also a political prisoner. i learned a lot about that. and when the witnesses give their testimonies and tell their stories, i also hear my story, he isolated. then there is in fact, like i'm also writing my story behind the scenes that union. i'll my negotiation. prosecutors alleged rosslyn had led a secret service unit responsible for torture and killings at alkahottie prison and damascus. they charged him with crimes against humanity, including $4000.00 counts of torture, and dozens of murders. they sought and were given a life sentence for his crimes. during the trial, what for re lived her own experience in alcott, iep and 2013 agents arrested her for research in the chemical weapons attack on eastern gouter. by then ross la no longer worked at alca t. what was spent more than a year in prison, suffering serious abuse. most of all, she was scared for her chi

how important is today's sentencing of anwar rosalyn? this is a truly historic moment. it's the 1st judgment of its sort. and to put this in perspective, the assad government in syria has perceived this war really through a war crime strategy that's been the entire way they fought. they have deliberately bombed hospitals and schools and market places. they'd use chemical weapons against their own people. they, they knew starvation as a method of war. and the issue here in this, this trial was a pervasive use of arbitrate attention, torture entity, thousands of executions. now, the assad government denies all this. the obvious place to have held a trial would have been the international criminal court, but syria never joined the court and the only route to the court than would have been through the un security council, which russia and china blocked with their veto. so a number of governments, germany included, help to circumvent the veto in the un security council by going to the un general assembly and getting it to create what's known as the international independent

the courts convicted anwar ruslan for crimes against humanity for peace is answers detention center in damascus 220112012 protest her has been killed and sit on during a day of rally's against the military hours earlier. senior military official is killed during those demonstrations, in cartoon, thousands to, to the streets against a coon that has funds the country into political deadlock and years president joe biden has unveiled to you federal steps he fights fioma con variance include sending military medical personnel to help or specials, deal with the search of cove. at 19 cases. russian led forces said cassock stand to help curb and rest have begun withdrawing at least 160 people were killed showing anti government protests. those is more have been detail of enforcing walker before it's oh, after just a week in kazakhstan and barely a short fired in anger. the russian led military force of around 2000 troops is on its way hope. its role protecting power stations and other infrastructure seemed as symbolic as the parade ceremony. mocking its departure. look, it all depended on the

syrian colonel has been jail for life in germany for torture and murder during serious civil war. anwar ross law as a 1st year and official to be convicted for such crimes. he held up top position in a prison where detainees were tortured and killed for seeking a solomon germany back in 2014. dominic came reports from berlin. 10 years ago. unwashed osland was a senior officer in the syrian government forces. now the former colonel is starting a life sentence for crimes against humanity convicted by a german court of multiple counts of murder, torture, and sexual violence. all carried out during his time in charge of the al hattie prison, near damascus, dahlia collector, by untied as, as the defendant was a part of a system. at his instigation, thousands of civilians were greatly tortured. he is also responsible for the murder of at least $27.00 people. the evidence we put forward proved fat unambiguously pursuing ruslan defected to the syrian opposition in 2012 before eventually coming to germany. 2 years later where he was granted asylum, it was only in 2018 that police began checking

a german court has convicted former syrian official anwar roslyn, of crimes against humanity. the sentenced him to life in prison. ruslan was head of an intelligence office in a damascus detention center. prosecutors say he or were saw the killing of 58 people, and the torture of 4000 others from 2011 to 2012. his trial began 2 years ago after he defects it and sought asylum in germany. dominic cane that has the details from berlin, the list of crimes. but this, this theory, the defendant was accused of, was very long, very extensive. and it took in murder, sexual offences, torture old mamma, of particularly heinous crimes. this man has now been found guilty of and it refers to his time back at the start of the syrian civil war when he was working as a colonel. so that is the high ranking office in the security forces of president bush. and it refers to specifically to the time when this man unwashed rash line was working and had responsibility for this unit in the ad hoc. and, and the evidence against him was very considerable or makes a significant is the importance of this

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anwar raslan, a syrian army colonel, was sentenced to life in prison after the court linked him to at least 4000 instances of torture, dozens of murders, and five cases of sexual violence in syria. police arrested raslan in germany in019, with prosecutors citing the principle of universal jurisdiction for serious crimes. five more guantanamo bay prisoners have been approved for release. three of the men are from yemen, one is kenyan, and one is from somalia. none have been charged with a crime. the biden administration made the announcement earlier this week on the 20th anniversary of the prison's opening. nearly half of the remaining 39 guantÁnamo prisoners have now been approved for transfer, but that does not guarantee they will be freed soon as the u.s. still needs to secure host countries to transfer them to. to see our hour-long discussion with a muslim chaplain and two former guantÁnamo is nurse, yo can go to democracynow.org. -- two former guantÁnamo prisoners, you can go to democracynow.org. in somalia, a car bomb explosion in the capital mogadishu killed eight people and inj

his name is muhammed anwar. for an agonizing moment his life hangs in the balance.ends in victory. >> he got a new life. after resuscitation. >> yet, sotimes there is as much grief as joy. this newborn, his twin brother has already died. and his own span in this unhappy land will be measured in days. his mother has been warned. they do not have the drugs to save him. >> whole weekend, it is very bad for us. we are hopeless for them. >> four decades of fighting has ended. but yet another generation seems born tsuffer. judy: there are just no words. very hard to watch. that was john ray, of independent television news. as the president marks one year in the oval office, we're continuing to check in on some of his key campaign promises. tonight, one, education. from re-opening schools in the pandemic to a plan to offer 2 years of free community college. geoff bennett has this report card. >> is a presidential candidate, joe biden proposed historic investments across the span of an american education from pre-k to college. >> we need emergency support now. >> as preside

for a former syrian government official, a german court has sentenced anwar osland to life in prison. he was head of an intelligence office in damascus detention center. prosecutors say that is where he oversaw the killing of 58 people and the torture of 4000 others. this was in 20112012 ross on trial began 2 years ago after he defected and sought asylum in germany with us from brussels to talk about us, eric vitti, who is a senior policy officer at the open society justice initiative. let's just talk about the verdict, 1st of all, the fact that and it sounds trite, but it does bring some level of accountability, or at least the start of some level of accountability. it does and for some victims of a systematic torture in bashar assad, syria. this will bring some measure of justice, some measure of solace. so let's go through the, the process of how this became a german trial. i mentioned before that he what was that, he defected and sought asylum in germany. he did, and germany has the ability to prosecute crimes that are crimes against humanity and war crimes that happen outside of

of a former high ranking intelligence officer for crimes against humanity, german court sentences, anwar ross land to life in prison. he was head of a security office in a damascus detention center were detainees were tortured and killed victims and relatives of some of those murdered happen, giving their reaction. and i say in la la, la, la, hey, in maxima, i think that this trial is the smallest step. we could walk towards justice and justice for us as family members of those forcibly disappeared the detainees, the missing our loved ones who were killed by the regime. justice will 1st be complete when we know their fate, when the dream for which they went to demonstrate in the 1st place is achieved, that syria becomes a democracy or a state of justice, a state of equality in it as our hester shirts. exultant does, and as i know, as it matters a lot to me because i have a feeling that justice is starting to open its doors. it's a small step towards justice that we hope will be really holding on those who committed violations. those criminals who killed my son, who killed a syrian youth

anwar russ lawn was given life in prison for the torture of more than 4,000 detainees in syria.sia and china have blocked such cases from going to the international criminal court. britain's prince andrew has been stripped of his military titles and royal public duties as a sexual abuse case moves forward in the u.s. buckingham palace said andrew will act as a private citizen in facing charges that he abused a 17-year-old girl in 2001. back in this country sirhan , sirhan -- the man who assassinated robert f. kennedy in 1968 -- has again been denied parole. california governor gavin newsom rejected sirhan's bid today, saying he has never accepted responsibility for his crime. sirhan is now 77 years old. thousands of inmates will begin transferring out of federal prisons this week -- and into home confinement or halfway houses. it's part of a criminal justice overhaul that president trump authorized in 2018. inmates will earn time off sentences for taking part in programs ranging from anger managent to drug treatment. a major student loan collection firm -- "navient"-- has settle

unfortunately, we have appealed to anwar on several occasions to reveal the truth and what he knows about the syrian tortures system and what we have gotten, what the victims have gotten from him instead was a very general of finger pointing towards everyone in the hierarchy often. and everybody in the hierarchy beneath him and, but really claiming that he had hardly any responsibility at all. and this is not only been contradicted to an amazing degree by the evidence that we have heard. it was also an insult to our science. if we have really wrist a lot in order to file these claims, et cetera. and i think an admission of guilt. and especially also revealing the truth about what he knows about this torture system would have made a difference. but we have gotten, as i said, quite the cape or patrick at crocker or was he thank you for joining us here on the news there. and thank you very much indeed for putting forwards the case from your clients and. and hopefully this will be one step towards closure for them. thank you very much. alice bringing some breaking ye side of sudan. no, we're

a taha anwar wants to know this your love for koki shines through and every page of your book, but i imagine that writing her story must have been emotionally trying at times. why did you feel so passionate about pursuing this undertaking and did you ever consider stopping? i believe taha is a former student of mine and and thank you for the question. i never it was painful, but i never thought about stopping. what grew as i did this book george? was feeling in a belief more than field is a belief. profound belief that in many ways the most important message of her life was not the public. okay. yes, it is true. countless women watched the three of you the four of you on tv every sunday and looked at koki and said i can be that strong. i can be that smart. i can stand up there with george will and sam donaldson and david, brinkley and being equal and this was an enormously powerful message to women all over the country, but not everybody can be a tv star. everybody can be a good person. everybody can learn these private acts. of charity and goodness and friendship that she did every

anwar raslan was found guilty of mass torture and killings at a prison in damascus.sident paid a terrible price. bashar al—assad's regime violently crushed street protests in 2011. civilians were rounded up, detained, tortured and killed. it's like hell, really. wassim was incarcerated, interrogated in the notorious al—khatib prison in damascus. they told me directly lay on your stomach and raise your feet in the air, so in the stress position. and i should answer their questions, and whenever the answers that he didn't like the answers i gave, he ordered somebody next to me to start to hit me. german lawyers fought hard for this trial, prompted by syrian survivors who fled to germany. they told terrible stories. torturers using special tools, electric shocks, rape. crimes so serious they could be tried outside syria in a german court. this is a landmark case, and of course it's aboutjustice being done, but it's also about gathering a body of evidence for the future and giving a voice to those the assad regime wanted to silence. and jennyjoins us now from koblenz. ho