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Inside the Ahmad H. Trial #14: A Lucky Escape and a Fearful Testimony

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SJAC's trial monitoring efforts have been suspended by the U.S. foreign aid freeze. This report was completed prior to the freeze. More information is available here TRIAL

SJAC Suspends Programs in Response to U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze

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Update: SJAC Resume Programs Suspended by U.S. Aid FreezeOn January 24th, 2025, SJAC announced that a stop-work order issued by the Department of State had suspended many of our

Inside the Hasna A. Trial #3: Final Submissions by the Defense, Rebuttal of Injured Party Claim, Rebuttal and Surrebuttal of Prosecutor and Defense Teams

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District Court of the Hague – Schiphol Judicial Complex, The Netherlands Trial Monitoring Summary #3 Hearing Date: October 17, 2024    CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.   Note that this summary

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #92: Re-Traumatization

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Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #92 Hearing Date: December 17, 19 & 20, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not

Human Rights Violations in Syria: December 2024 - January 2025

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SJAC’s human rights violations map compiles data collected by our field team of documentation coordinators.

Inside the Hasna A. Trial # 2: Plaintiffs’ Right to Speak and Prosecution Office’s Final Submissions

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District Court of the Hague – Schiphol Judicial Complex, The Netherlands Trial Monitoring Summary #2 Hearing Date: October 16, 2024    CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.   Note that this summary

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #91: Fall of Assad: Speaking Freely and Fearless for the First Time?

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Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #91 Hearing Date: December 10 & 12, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a

Amnesty & Accountability: Justice in post-Assad Syria

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In the almost six weeks since the fall of the Assad government, the new caretaker government has primarily focused on the immediate needs of the Syrian people. However, the government

Inside the Ahmad H. Trial #13: Chronological Confusion and Mistaken Identity?

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Hanseatic Higher Regional Court – Hamburg, Germany  Trial Monitoring Summary #13 Hearing Date: September 18, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.   Note that this summary is not a verbatim

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #90: Faking a Document? A Piece of Cake.

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Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #90 Hearing Date: December 3 & 5, 2024     CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture.    Note that this summary is not a