Inside the Ahmad H. Trial #14: A Lucky Escape and a Fearful Testimony
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SJAC Suspends Programs in Response to U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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?
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.
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