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scm

17/01/2022

Life imprisonment due to crimes committed against humanity...

The 1st criminal division – State Security Division – of Koblenz Higher Regional Court has sentenced the 58 year-old Syrian national, Anwar R. to life imprisonment today after convicting him of having...

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SCM

02/03/2021

Syrian victims of chemical attacks file case with...

PARIS (Reuters) – Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for the deaths of...

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SCM

02/03/2021

Syrian chemical attack survivors urge France to investigate...

A group of Syrian chemical attack survivors and Syrian rights groups said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint in France over two August 2013 attacks outside Damascus, pointing to...

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SCM

02/03/2021

Syrian Victims of Chemical Attacks File Case With...

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for...

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SCM

02/03/2021

Syrian Victims of Chemical Attacks File Case with...

Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians...

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SCM

06/10/2020

SCM with Justice Initiative and Syria Archive Files...

Today, a group of non-governmental organizations including the Justice Initiative, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), and Syrian Archive filed a criminal complaint on behalf of...

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SCM

16/09/2020

A set of documents and information was submitted...

Mazen DARWISH, lawyer and director general of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), testified for the lawsuit 1STE 9/19 over two consecutive days on 15 and...

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SCM

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

14/11/2018

Torture in Syria: Investigations in Austria are a...

Vienna/Berlin, 13 November 2018 – The road to justice for war crimes and torture in Syria also leads through Europe. After Germany, Sweden and France, Austrian authorities have initiated an...

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SCM

05/11/2018

French judges issue international arrest warrants against three...

Paris, 5 November 2018: In a landmark step towards accountability, on 8 October French judges issued international arrest warrants – made public today – against three high-ranking Syrian regime officials:...