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To Achieve Peace, Syria Must Punish All Crimes: Rights Lawyer

Mazen Darwish,lawyer and founder of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, with his wife Yara Bader (Credit: AFP)

Lasting peace in Syria depends on the country building a strong judicial system giving justice to the victims of all crimes committed during the Assad era, a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer told AFP.

"We believe that the Syrians who paid the heavy cost to reach this moment will not accept changing one dictatorship into another," Mazen Darwish said in an interview.

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