Syria: trial opens for former torturers of Assad regime

The second session of the trial of former officials responsible for torture under Assad's regime opened Sunday in Damascus.

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This hearing represents a major step in transitional justice in Syria following the regime's fall.

The judgment of war crimes and crimes against humanity marks an attempt at historic accountability.

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