Syria's rebels hail ex-officer's conviction, want justice to go higher

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Anwar Raslan, 58, was convicted on 27 out of 58 counts of murder, rape and sexual assault carried out at a Damascus prison. He defected to Syria's opposition in 2012 before securing asylum in Germany. Syria's Information Ministry did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on the Raslan case.

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