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هذه قصة خنق النظام السوري لحمص، المدينة التي وُلدت من رحمها الثورة و التي أعطت كوكبة من الأبطال الذين بذلوا ارواحهم، و من بينهم مصطفى نائب قائد فريق التحقيقات بسيجا.

Homs was at the heart of the Syrian revolution, serving as an example and inspiration to Syrians across the country. People from different walks of life, ethnicities and religious groups came together to call for the fall of the Assad Regime.

Al Jazeera coverage of “Assad’s Ghosts Unmasked”: “Last month, war crimes investigators concluded that the Syrian government had deployed “shabbiha”

Includes a summary of CIJA’s report on Syrian Regime paramilitaries “Assad’s Ghosts Unmasked” alongside updates of the International Court of Justice torture case

“Ces documents, écrits de la plume même du régime, sont la prevue qu’il s’est appuyé sur ses groups dès la premier jour réprimer les manifestations et écraser les rebelles”

“A new report, by the war crimes investigators of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, documents how the highest levels of Syria’s Assad regime “

Documents secured by CIJA and produced by various Syrian State entities demonstrate the Regime’s incremental reliance on brutal paramilitary gangs to enforce the governments’ crackdown on peaceful protesters and later, to attack the civilian population.

Reuters correspondents Stephanie van den Berg and Maya Gebeily’s exclusive review of CIJA’s report “Assad’s Ghosts Unmasked” which includes seven documents created by the Syrian Regime

The Reuters Special Report on the Myanmar military’s planning of its deadly purge of the Rohingya won the investigative feature writing category of the Human Rights Press Awards, drawing on CIJA’s four-year long investigation into crimes against Myanmar's minorities by the Burmese Armed Forces.

CNN’s Turkey Correspondent, Jomana Karadsheh Scott pays tribute to CIJA’s Deputy Head of Investigations in Syria, who, along with his wife and four children perished in the earthquake on 06 February 2022.

It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the death of our Deputy Chief of the Syria Investigations Unit, Mustafa, and his family. Mustafa, his wife Rola, their beautiful children Tala, Hanin, Mays and Omar all perished in the devastating earthquake that struck North-Western Syria and Turkey on 06 February 2023.

In his contribution to the Symposium, CIJA’s Director of Investigations and Operations Chris Engels provides a clear-sighted summary of the experiences and challenges of gathering and authenticating evidence in combat zones.