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Justice and Rule of law

14/01/2022

Syria: Landmark ruling offers hope to regime’s victims

Joint press release: FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and SCM – Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression Paris, 14 January 2022 — Syrian former colonel Anwar Raslan was...

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20/01/2021

Torture Crimes Do Not Become Obsolete

On Tuesday morning, German authorities (Public Prosecutor General’s office in Germany) arrested Anwar R. (56) and Eyad A. (42) on charges of torturing detainees while they were Syrian intelligence officers...

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SCM

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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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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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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06/11/2018

The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of...

​Mazen DABBAGH Holds double nationality; Syrian/French Forcibly disappeared on the 4th of November 2013 Official documents date his death on the 25th November 2017 On the night of 4 November...

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05/11/2018

The Dabbagh Case: French judges Issue 3 international...

What are the facts behind the case? At midnight on 3 November 2013, 20-year old Patrick Abdelkader Dabbagh, an arts and humanities student in his second year at the University...

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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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29/05/2018

No to impunity, no to immunity

No to impunity, no to immunity We welcome and strongly support what was Issued the meeting of the European States of France, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium in Brussels on accountability and...