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Judge who defected from Assad regime now leads prosecution of regime figures

    28 April 2026.  Sentenced to death for publicly repudiating judicial abuse under Assad, Judge Fakhruddin al-Arian now heads a criminal court that will prosecute former regime figures. The proceedings will aim to deliver justice for years of criminal abuse. A victim of Assad called the judge’s reinstatement “a correction of history’s course.”
    Read more at:  LEVANT 24