Talk to Al JazeeraSyria’s Justice Minister: Can post-Assad trials deliver justice? | Talk to Al Jazeera
As Syria turns the page after Bashar al-Assad's fall, the transitional government promises justice, truth, and rule of law.
In his first interview since taking office, Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais tells Talk to Al Jazeera how his ministry preserved the regime's court archives from destruction and plans to prosecute crimes from the war years. But critics say the process is too narrow, focused only on Assad-era abuses, while violence and sectarian reprisals create new victims still awaiting accountability.
Can post-war Syria deliver real justice?
