sure 10 years ago when the 1st protests erupted against syrian president bashar al assad a secret police officer named a of al go deep was told what to do and he did it arresting those who dared to defy the president and bringing them in for questioning knowing that they could very well be tortured we know now that many were or today here in germany a court sentenced. to 4 years in prison for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. left to syria and came to germany in 2018 seeking asylum and betting that his past and those who suffered because of it would never find him he lost that bit of fast forward to today's sentencing which is also a landmark legal victory the 1st syrian official to be convicted for carrying out the crimes which continue to keep the assad regime alive can this one single conviction really bring the people of syria closer to the justice they deserve we have this report. justice a decade on prosecutors say they add al garrett was a former member of syria's secret service who arrested anti-government protesters he took the demonstrators to a detention center wher

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world never before has a member of syrian president bashar al assad's regime been convicted of atrocities outside of the country now a german court has found a former agent of assad's secret police guilty of being involved in crimes against humanity justice a decade on prosecutors say they add al garrett was a former member of syria's secret service who arrested anti-government protesters he took the demonstrators to a detention center where they were tortured a german court convicted algarve of being involved this is what's important is that we have a verdict that the assad government committed crimes against humanity in secret prisons this is the 1st such verdict weald wide and it sends an implicit it's a message that if these crimes can be investigated in germany of god that. al gharib fled to germany and his crimes came to light when he applied for asylum the judges reduced his sentence to just over 4 years because he testified in another trial that still ongoing. torture victim was seem ok helped bring the case to court he says this is only the beginning of. this is this as to this i

off it's the 1st verdict of its kind worldwide in the doc a leading figure in syrian president bashar al assad's regime now a german court has found the 44 year old guilty of being an accomplished to crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 4 and a half years in prison and yet at that he was a member of the general attack intelligence directorate in syria before fleeing to germany where he was arrested in february 21000 he was convicted of facilitating the torture of syrian opposition protesters a decade ago in damascus a landmark verdict sets an international precedent now survivors of assad's terror regime living here in germany have welcomed the news. nol. a member of the. syrian regime a member of the fly in and system is. serving behind bars. that's that's actually gives a window of hope for a syrians. a window of hope for strife is a human rights lawyer and legal advisor for the syrian center for media and a freedom of expression he followed this trial from the beginning and is joining us now from the john city of a very good day so good to have you with us these abuses that took place

to show that this is the 1st step the road to justice is long and one of the goals is to bring bashar al assad and his inner circle before a court this is a relief but it's also not the end it's only the beginning. this is the 1st trial of alleged atrocities carried out by the forces of president bashar assad as such lawyers for the victims in this case hope it will set a precedent. this is what's important is we have a verdict the crimes by the assad government in the secret prisons crimes against humanity this is the 1st verdict worldwide. a view that seems to be shared by many in government in berlin another element that distinguishes this case is that the german justice system has prosecuted convicted and punished a known german whose victims were not german for crimes that were committed outside germany in doing so prosecutors have invoked the principle of universal jurisdiction for such serious crimes the fine. trials outside syria are a glimmer of hope but also a clear signal to victims that we and the international community recognize it's an issue which not only concerns germany but m

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next it's the 1st verdict of its kind worldwide never before has a member of president bashar al assad's regime been convicted of atrocities outside syria now a german court has found a body but guilty of being involved in crimes against humanity and jailed him for years he was convicted of facilitating the torture of syrian opposition protesters a decade ago in damascus the secret police agent slipped to germany where he then was subsequently arrested while torture victims testified in the case and are hoping it will set a precedent still when you spoke to one young syrian here in germany with a heartbreaking story there always fresh flowers next to allie mustafa's portrait he was forcibly disappeared in syria 8 years ago the few remaining photos of him i was daughter waffles most precious possessions just look at them a 1000 times trying to conjure up his presence the day it happened was i was away her mother then living in northern syria had meant to visit her husband in the mask because they hadn't seen each other in months 15 minutes before she arrived she called them and said that

worth us fathers one of 130000 people gone missing in syria most of them were disappeared in bashar al assad's prisons where torture is systematic. now the 2 former syrian intelligence officers are going on trial for crimes against humanity there's a glimmer of hope for families like waffles when the trial started wafa sultan amongst a portrait of $61.00 detainees and held a vigil in front of the core times i don't mind myself and i don't mind the whole word every day that my dad was political was against the eugene he only demanded freedom justice and the state of law and for that reason has been disappeared for almost 80 years now and this is not acceptable i'm not going to be silent about that today was for fields home in berlin she could see herself returning to syria and rebuilding the country eventually in the meantime it's important for her to be in germany at this moment. i think this is the hope of many syrians in very many we are working our best to be accepted part of the decision making regarding syria because you cannot dismiss costs and decide anything about us without us. wafa h

1st verdict of its kind anywhere in the world never before has a member of syrian president bashar al assad's regime been convicted outside of the country for atrocities carried out in syria today a german court found a former agent of assad's secret police guilty of assisting in crimes against humanity. justice a decade on prosecutors say eyad al garrett was a former member of syria's secret service who arrested anti-government protesters he took the demonstrators to a detention center where they were tortured a german court convicted algarve of being involved. is what's important is that we have a verdict that the assad government committed crimes against humanity in secret prisons this is the 1st such verdict weld wide and it sends an implicit alternate message that if these crimes can be investigated in germany george lakoff god the. al gharib fled to germany and his crimes came to light when he applied for asylum the judges reduced his sentence to just over 4 years because he testified in another trial that still ongoing. torture victim was seem ok helped bring the case to court he says

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syrian president bashar al-assad did this. these are civilians of a damascus suburb called ghouta.2013, ghouta was held by rebels, so the syrian army shelled the neighborhood with internationally-banned nerve gas. 1,400 men, women and children were exterminated. assad had chosen to meet the popular uprising against him, not with diplomacy, not with war ong soiers, but withe terminatie torture, we have rape. >> pelley: stephen rapp is helping to build cases against assad and his regime. rapp prosecuted war crimes in rwanda and sierra leone and served as u.s. ambassador for war crimes issues for six years, until 2015. will there be justice for what's happened in syria? >> rapp: i'm an optimistic american. i'veeen other situations that we thought were pretty hopeless, where nobody thought there'd ever be justice, where we succeeded. the possibilities are there. and one of the ways that we build toward that is, get the solid evidence now. >> pelley: much of what he calls solid evidence was abandoned in the war zone. more than 900,000 government documents have been smuggled out and arch

one of the goals is to bring president bashar al—assad for a court, this is a relief but it is also nota first step but my father and want hundred and 30,000 are still under arrest. hundred and 30,000 are still underarrest. —— hundred and 30,000 are still under arrest. —— 130,000. russel trott, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a goal for recycling — the soccer shirts made from coffee grounds. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos�* sanctuary malaca nang — the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world - that the winner of best film was la la land. . the only trouble was it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushin

anti—government rebels and the start of 2020 saw some of the bloodiest violence as president bashar al—assadals were bombed, hundreds of civilians killed and a million people forced from their homes. as doctors, both mohammed and his wife zeina were on the front lines of the crisis. a ceasefire is announced at the start of march. six days later, the world health organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic. mohammed is appointed head of the coronavirus response team and, with zeina's help, starts preparing the refugee camps for a possible outbreak. with a third of idlib�*s population living in these cramped conditions, with little access to clean water, mohammed fears the virus could spread quickly. surrounded by government forces and with little movement in and out of the territory, idlib manages to avoid an early outbreak. but another test result has come back positive. but coronavirus does eventually come to idlib — in earlyjuly, when zeina is six months pregnant — and the first identified case is a doctor from the hospital where she works. her test results come back negative. but

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against humanity and so while it's a fast prosecution of state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government as john mccain reports from ballen. 10 years ago a yacht guardian was working for the syrian intelligence services now he's starting a lengthy prison sentence in germany the prosecution saying that in 2011 he knowingly brought dozens of protesters to a notorious jail outside damascus to be tortured his defense lawyer said he feared being punished himself if he refused to carry out his orders the court in corpulence rejected that convicting him and jailing him for 4 and a half years this is this estimate this is the 1st step the road to justice is long and one of the goals is to bring bashar al assad and his inner circle before a court this is a relief but it's also not the end it's only the beginning. this is the 1st trial of alleged atrocities carried out by the forces of president bashar assad as such lawyers for the victims in this case hope it will set a precedent. this is what's important is we have a verdict the crimes by the assad government in the secret prisons cri

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displaced syrians have been protesting in the rebel held city of idlib the demanding that president bashar al assad allow them to return to their homes elsewhere in syria which they say have been seized by the government and it's a chant of against the upcoming presidential election saying it will be a break. one of former u.s. president donald trump's most restrictive immigration policies has started to be dismantled thousands of asylum seekers had to wait in mexico for their cases to be heard in the u.s. now one of the biden the ministration up to 25 people a day will be allowed to enter the u.s. while immigration courts consider the future fund iraq on the reports from mexico city on whether the policy change in effect the number of arrivals at the border this is very much on the radar of immigration officials both in the united states as well as here in mexico and we should note that throughout the course of 2020 the lock down from the pandemic saw an overall decline in migration from central america specifically but then something interesting happens in december we see a spike in the number of

the first case to deal with crimes against humanity under the regime of the syrian president, bashar al—assadnow on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. maybe we shouldn't be surprised that the gulf is opening up between covid vaccination rates in the richest countries and in the poorest, but still, the numbers are shocking. while the uk has given 27% of its population a first dose, many nations have yet to inject a single arm, and this vaccine inequality is rising fast. my guest today is seth berkley, head of gavi, the global vaccine alliance and the key driver of the effort to ensure the whole world gets covid protection. it is a great ambition — is it achievable? seth berkley in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you. i'm going to begin, if i may, with some words from the world health organization chief, doctortedros. he said recently that the me—first approach to vaccine procurement that he sees around the world represents a "catastrophic moral failure." the price of this failure, he says will be paid with li

hundreds of displaced syrians have been protesting in the rebel held city of idlib the president bashar al assad allow them to return to their homes elsewhere in syria which they say have been seized by the government they also chanted against the upcoming presidential election saying it will be rigged. a course in india has ordered a climate activist to be kept in jail while she's investigated for sedition please accuse. other environmentalists of waging a social media war after they shared an online documents telling people how to support farmers protests elizabeth problem reports are from new delhi. and the. new delhi court hoping to be released from jail after 5 days in police custody but the judge denies have a quest. rather he was arrested as part of an investigation into her and 2 other environmentalists in connection with an online document that supported farmers protesting against new agricultural laws they say favor corporations and were ruined their livelihoods. and on. her breast has led to protests in the cities of ben deludedly delhi and mumbai and criticism from some of india's le

labs have been used by syrian dictator bashar al assad against his own people for years. one 3rd of all buildings in syria have been destroyed the regime in damascus has been planning for the time off to the civil war ends and hopes to receive billions of dollars from international danas for the country's reconstruction. the armies of work has required a come from north korea has formally agreed by the 2 countries at a meeting in june 29th seen here to pyongyang is looking forward to a lucrative business. the money to buy office $39.00 it goes straight into the coffers of the leadership. it is used on the one hand to fight for the next 3 items it is used to pay for the dimmer see these beds cars that somehow found their way into the earth korea despite the sanctions but it also is also used in this is probably more important to deliver the best actors you can you can trade. as early estimate avi's came in john ill start a training the most talent as children in terms of method medical bill. if he's a programmer abilities to be called cyber hackers they're also good money

human rights lawyers say the landmark case could serve to hold otherformer members of president bashar al—assad'sng that you may find some of the details in paul hawkins�* report disturbing. syria in 2011. this anti—government protester rounded up by security forces in a brutal crackdown. many like him allegedly taken away to be tortured. ten years later, thousands of kilometres away, justice for some of the victims and their families away, justice for some of the victims and theirfamilies in this courtroom in koblenz. this is eyad al gharib, former syrian intelligence officer fled the civil war before seeking asylum in germany. he has been jailed for four and half years for crimes against humanity which included bringing demonstrators to a person known as hell on earth, to be tortured. it person known as hell on earth, to be tortured.— to be tortured. it is more important _ to be tortured. it is more important that _ to be tortured. it is more important that than - to be tortured. it is more important that than the l to be tortured. it is more - important that than the verdict is the existence o

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labs have been used by syrian dictator bashar al assad against his own people for years. one 3rd of all buildings in syria have been destroyed the regime in damascus has been planning for the time off to the civil war ends and types to receive billions of dollars from international donors for the country's reconstruction. the armies of work has required a come from north korea as formally agreed by the 2 countries at a meeting in june 29th seen here to pyongyang is looking forward to a lucrative business. the money to buy office $39.00 it goes straight into the coffers of the leadership. is used on the one hand to provide for the next 3 items it is used to pay for the diminished see these beds cars that somehow find their way into the earth korea despite the sanctions but it also is also used and this is probably more important to deliver the best actors you can you can trade. as early estimate eighty's came in john ill start a training the most talent as children in terms of method medical bill if he's a programmer abilities to be called cyber hackers they're also good m

important people show up right like if it's a president like when i i was nervous, interviewing, bashar al assad that one may be nervous. he was pretty disarming shockingly and i was nervous interviewing arafat. but he was also very disarming maybe it's why they get to the levels they are at and there you know. scary i don't know, but otherwise i don't get nervous on tv anymore really i'm pushing my time limit here a little bit but i'm excited to be talking to you and about your show does the pandemic changed things a little bit can you get guess that you would normally be able to get because you could just maybe zoom with the queen versus trying to like flyer and to your studio. she's one the top of my for the moon. >>yeah, i'm so glad you asked that because i think that we all complain a lot about about the pandemic and the tragedy that we've all had to live through an end. >>as awful as that is there still some bright spots i think we're all becoming more creative. i think we're all finding other talents that we didn't know we had. and in this particular show. yeah i think i'm going to be abl

it's the first case over state-sponsored torture under president bashar al-assad's regime meanwhile,ar anniversary of the civil war looms and fighting rages on in the hard-hit province of idlib, syria is ill-equipped to handle the invisible threat of covid-19. as the newshour's ali rogin reports, it targets the most vulnerable in this fragile place. should ali: inside idlib's largest covid-19 hospital, doctors are stretched to their limits. as soon as one bed frees up, a new patient enters. bodybags line the corridors. in the syrian opposition's final stronghold, medical workers say they have no means to battle the pandemic. >> we need the international community to increase its support. we've reached a point where the medical system has collapsed and the resources we have are not enough to control the widespread impact of the virus. ali: in the last four months infection rates in idlib have increased over 50%. since the start of the pandemic there have been 20,000 confirmed covid 19 cases in nohwest syria. an uneasy ceasefire last year means fewer war-wounded bodies. but crical care

they also crossed the border into syria where they have been used to prop up the government of bashar al assad. what we saw was this single air strike and it was clearly sending a message and u.s. officials say they were designed to send a message to iran, to the iranian-backed militias that rocket attacks, missile attacks will not be tolerated. even though president biden wants to negotiate with iran, that there are carrots and sticks in negotiations. the carrots being the idea of resuming diplomatic negotiations, getting back to the negotiating table, and these were the sticks. >> kelly, let me go to you outside the white house. i know that you have been in touch with senior administration officials. what are they saying about this strike? >> reporter: well, one of the notable things is what white house officials are not saying, instead deferring to the pentagon where we've heard from the defense secretary and a pentagon spokesperson, and that is key because in the previous administration we would have seen a presidential tweet, we might have seen the president engage with reporters on the s

civilians seek refuge from the brutal regime of bashar al- assad. and a residual u.s. force remains in the northeast, guarding against the return of isis. for years, the u.s.' closest partner in that effort was a group of syrian kurds, an ethnic minority who also fought assad. amna nawaz talks to an author whose new bookpotlights a unique part of that fight. >> nawaz: in the years-long battle to retake northeastern syria from isis, a small but powerful band of fighters led the way the women of the y.p.g., a syrian kurdish force, they fought alongside their male counterparts and face to face against isis. author and joualist gayle tzemach lemmon spent years reporting on their stories, including for the pbs newshour. her nebook, daughters of kobani, tells those stories, and gayle joins me now. always good to see you. congratulations on the book. and tell us about the daughters of kobani. how did you first hear about them and what made you want to tell their story? >> thank you. great to be here. i first heard about them because one of the u.s. special operations soldiers