Equal before the law? Transitional justice in Syria
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The Apollo 11 moon landing marked the beginning of the Space Age.
Chinese whiskey makers exported about $585 million worth of whiskey in 2025.
Whiskey imports into China hit a record high in 2025.
Hundreds of Atef Najib's alleged victims queue outside the court on hearing days.
Atef Najib is probably the most senior Bashar al-Assad regime official in the custody of Syria's new government.
The Syrian revolution turned into fifteen years of civil war.
Members of Ahmad al-Sharaa's own group are accused of war crimes.
Former senior Assad-regime figures have been brought into Ahmad al-Sharaa's government.
Judges in Syria plan to apply the Geneva Convention as Syrian law in these trials.
Judges in Syria plan to apply the Rome Statute as Syrian law in these trials.
Human lactation has received little research attention.
The shortage of human lactation research dates back to a 1970s schism between breastfeeding advocates and bottle-feeding advocates.
The first televised U.S. presidential debate took place in 1960.
John F. Kennedy participated in the first televised U.S. presidential debate in 1960.
Richard Nixon participated in the first televised U.S. presidential debate in 1960.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially ended segregation in public places in the United States.
Around 50 whiskey distilleries had been built in China in the couple of years before the episode.
Local alcohol enthusiasts are building whiskey distilleries in China.
Chinese whiskey makers exported about $5 million worth of whiskey about a decade before the interview.
Atef Najib is on trial in Syria for murder.
Atef Najib is on trial in Syria for orchestrating massacres.
Atef Najib was security chief in Daraa fifteen years before his trial.
Crimes against humanity are not included in the Syrian statute book.
The United States and the Soviet Union became ideological rivals after the Second World War.
The United States contributed to the deaths of 1,000,000 Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.
Roe v. Wade fueled the rise of a Christian conservative movement determined to overturn the decision.
More whiskey distilleries are under construction in China.
Baijiu sales in China fell by 15% in 2025.
Baijiu is by far the most popular spirit in China.
Young people in China are drinking less.
Whiskey was imported into China before whiskey was produced locally in China.
China's first national standards for single malt whiskey are largely based on Scottish regulations.
Ahmad al-Sharaa's new government is not democratic.
Whiskey is viewed in China as a luxury product.
Blended whiskey is the main type of whiskey currently seen on the market in China.
China introduced its first national standards for single malt whiskey in February.
Atef Najib is on trial in Syria for torture.
Atef Najib told parents of arrested children in Daraa in 2011 to forget about their sons.
Atef Najib told parents of arrested children in Daraa in 2011 to make new sons.
President Ahmad al-Sharaa announced a transitional justice commission in Syria in 2025.
The Syrian Ministry of Justice initiated the trials of former Assad-regime figures discussed in the episode.
Syria's current post-Assad trials are based on the legal system that existed before Bashar al-Assad fell.
The Assad family ruled Syria for about fifty years.
War crimes are not included in the Syrian statute book.
Former Assad-regime figures in these trials are being tried under Syrian criminal law.
Atef Najib is Bashar al-Assad's first cousin.
Atef Najib was captured in a raid in January 2025.
Daraa was the city where the Syrian revolution began.
Members of Ahmad al-Sharaa's own group are accused of gross human rights violations.
Armed factions supporting Ahmad al-Sharaa's presidency are accused of gross human rights violations.
Armed factions supporting Ahmad al-Sharaa's presidency are accused of war crimes.
Judges leading Atef Najib's trial said they would use international law to fill gaps in Syrian law.
In John F. Kennedy's first year as president, Kennedy botched an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
By the end of 1969, there were more than half a million U.S. troops in Vietnam.
Anti-war protests against the Vietnam War attracted millions of Americans.
Richard Nixon was forced to resign the presidency in 1974.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling legalized abortion in the United States.
Diageo is building whiskey distilleries in China.
Beer sales in China are declining.
Baijiu can be about 50% alcohol.
Chinese distilleries are trying to take on the practices of Scottish distilleries.
Chinese distilleries are using Chinese oak to age whiskey.
China's single malt whiskey rules say whiskey must be distilled in copper pots.
China's single malt whiskey rules say whiskey must be aged for at least three years.
China's single malt whiskey rules say whiskey must be aged in barrels no larger than 700 liters.
The Yuntuo Distillery cost about $120 million to build.
Children were arrested in connection with protests in Daraa in 2011.
The United States and the Soviet Union were allies during the Second World War.
The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb in 1949.
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public-school segregation denied Black Americans equal treatment.
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
John F. Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected president of the United States.
The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in 1962.
John F. Kennedy died by assassination in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963.
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.
On July 20, 1969, the United States landed two astronauts on the moon.
Lyndon Johnson escalated the Vietnam War.
The United States withdrew from the Vietnam War.
The United States lost more than 58,000 soldiers in the Vietnam War.
American voters elected Richard Nixon president twice.
Richard Nixon promised to restore law and order.
Richard Nixon's resignation was tied to his role in the Watergate scandal.
Pernod Ricard is building whiskey distilleries in China.
Wine sales in China are declining.