Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have languished in the government’s vast prison complex, untold numbers the victim of inhuman conditions, torture, and extrajudicial killing. CIJA’s evidence holdings include memos from Syria’s intelligence agencies acknowledging and ordering abuses in detention, corroborating the infamous Caesar photographs and helping to identify individuals within the collection.
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Relying on evidence and expert witness analysis provided by CIJA, a federal court in the United States issued a first ever ruling against the Syrian regime for crimes committed during the civil war. The British-American journalist was targeted by Syrian armed forces while reporting the siege of Homs in February 2012.
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Behind the blitz of airstrikes and land battles in Syria, an unseen army is hunting for special spoils of war: pieces of paper, including military orders, meeting minutes, prison records and any other documents that could help build cases for future prosecutions...
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