press release
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

14/01/2022

IIIM-Syria welcomes German Court’s Crimes Against Humanity Verdict

Geneva, 13 January 2022 – The International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM) welcomes the landmark judgement against Anwar R, at the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany. The...

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Justice and Rule of law

13/01/2022

The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of...

SCM also emphasizes that the trial, which began on 20 April 2020, spanned 103 hearings to gather evidence of serious crimes committed in Syria, is the triumph of a fair...

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SCM

24/02/2021

Al-Khatib Trial- Koblenz, the first verdict issued against...

The first court sentence for a person involved in torture crimes in Syria gives hope for the victims and survivors and the law workers in Syria.

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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

17/08/2020

Syrians have the right to access and follow...

The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), Caesar Families Association (CFA) and Freedoms Support Group have filed a constitutional complaint against the refusal of the Higher Regional...

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SCM

23/04/2020

SCM welcomes German trial of Anwar R. and...

This morning, Thursday 23 April 2020, in the German city of Koblenz, begins the trial of  Anwar R, former chief investigation officer in the 251 branch of internal security of...