How I brought my jailer to justice
Years after being imprisoned in Syria, journalist Amer Matar came face-to-face with his former captor.
At the start of the Syrian uprising, the journalist and human rights activist Amer Matar was arrested. He was held at a notorious unit of Syria's intelligence directorate and interrogated by an officer called Anwar Raslan. Amer survived his time in prison and, years later, a series of extraordinary coincidences would bring the two men together again. This time their meeting took place in a German court, with Raslan in the dock and Amer fighting for justice. He tells his story to Emily Webb.
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Photo: Amer Matar Credit: Amer Matar
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