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Mar 2021
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10 years on, Syrians hope for justice – ...

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The first trial of crimes against humanity in Syria is taking place — but not at the International Criminal Court. 10 years after the first protests in Syria, a tiny spark of accountability has been lit, with the trial of two Syrians who first came to Germany seeking asylum. On the anniversary of Syria’s uprising, we hear from a reporter who’s been inside the courthouse nearly every day of a harrowing trial, and from a woman who’s staged her own vigil outside of it.

In this episode:

Wafa Mustafa (@WafaMustafa9), Syrian activist; Hannah El-Hitami (@hannahel711), journalist in Berlin, Germany.

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