Stock Photo - 02 December 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz: The defendant (r) waits in the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court for the trial to begin. The Federal Prosecution accuses Anwar R., who fled to Germany, of crimes against humanity in 2011 and 2012. The Syrian is alleged to have been responsible for the torture of at least 4,000 people in a prison of the General Intelligence Service in the Syrian capital Damascus as an interrogator. At least 58 prisoners had died. (To dpa ""Pleadings started in first trial on state torture in Syria"") Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa - ATTENTION: The defendant has been pixelated at the direction of the court.. - Koblenz/Rhineland-Palatinate/Germany