Al Bawaba reports on efforts by non-governmental organizations and the United Nations (UN) to document atrocities committed in the Syria conflict. Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad
Swedish broadcaster STV airs footage of the torture video posted to Facebook In late February, a Swedish court sentenced Mouhannad Droubi to five years in prison for committing a “torture-like
(Members of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria ; Martial Trezzini / EPA) In late February, the United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria [http://www.ohchr.org/EN/
On February 19th, the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) launched its new report [https://syriaaccountability.org/maybe-we-can-reach-a-solution-syrian-perspectives-on-the-conflict-and-local-initiatives-for-peace-justice-and-reconciliation/] , Maybe We Can Reach a Solution: Syrian Perspectives on the Conflict and
Maybe We Can Reach a Solution: Syrian Perspectives on the Conflict and Local Initiatives for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation SJAC_Perceptions_2015.pdf 552 KB download-circle [https://syriaaccountability.org/content/
Earlier this month, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) burned the captured Jordanian pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh alive, filmed his execution with cinematic levels of production, and released the
In the year since the Geneva II talks failed to deliver any discernible progress towards a resolution of the conflict, the humanitarian and security situation in Syria has further deteriorated.
Assad in Damascus, January 2015. (Media and Communications Office, Presidency of Syria) In an interview with Foreign Affairs magazine [http://www.foreignaffairs.com/discussions/interviews/syrias-president-speaks] coinciding with the Moscow
As the Syrian crisis enters its fifth year in March, hundreds of thousands arrested on a variety of fraudulent charges languish inside regime prisons, denied due process and deprived of
For Syrians, the findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s summary of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, commonly known as the “CIA Torture Report [http://www.