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‘War crimes charge doesn't change UK’s safe haven status’

4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (218+ words) ASyrian man'has been'charged in the UK with crimes against humanityfor alleged offences against protesters in Syria'during the'uprising against the regime of former leader Bashar al-Assad in 2011. Dr Alison Bisset, Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at the University of…...