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11/12/2019

Syrian torture survivors file a criminal complaint in...

Oslo, 12 November 2019 – Trials and investigations in Europe can pave the way to end impunity for grave crimes committed by the Syrian government. Five torture survivors filed criminal...

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12/09/2019

joint statement on the fate of the Missing,...

Six years ago, the joint office of the VDC, LDSPS and Rising for Freedom in Douma in Eastern Ghouta (north of Damascus) was raided by armed men who abducted four...

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SCM

27/06/2019

50 civil organizations, including the SCM, call for...

While the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of families who keep looking for any information about their missing loved ones during the ongoing conflict in Syria is still going on,...

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17/05/2019

Swedish War Crimes Unit interviews Syrian torture survivors

Swedish prosecution authorities responded promptly to the first criminal complaint filed in Sweden on torture in Syria. Since April, four of altogether nine Syrian plaintiffs – all of them torture...

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SCM

09/12/2018

We remember Razan, Samira, Nazem and Wa’el five...

On 09 December, people around the world remember Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Nazem Hamadi and Wa’el Hamada, kidnapped in Douma, Syria on this day five years ago. We, the undersigned human rights organisations,...

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24/07/2018

Syria Is Losing her Knights Yahya Al-Sharbaji and...

The The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression SCM, with utmost sadness, announces the deaths of Yahya Al-Sharbaji and Islam Dabbas, who were confirmed to have been executed...

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SCM

16/07/2018

Call for the protection of journalists stranded in...

Reports continue to reach us of the constant advancement of the Syrian government forces in the southern region supported by their ally Russia in an attempt to restore the remaining...

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26/06/2018

A Joint Message from 54 Syrian Organizations on...

His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights H.E. Mr. Vojislav Šuc President of the...

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SCM

25/06/2018

Caesar Families Association: Another Step on the Long...

It is our conviction that justice is the solid foundation upon which sustainable peace is built, and that without justice, only violence and vengeance will prevail. Oppression, injustice and impunity...

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SCM

18/06/2018

Arrest warrant against Jamil Hassan is a milestone...

Other states should follow the step by the German judiciary. Berlin, 8 June 2018 – “The arrest warrant against Jamil Hassan is a milestone and an important step for all affected...