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Media and Freedoms

23/01/2021

Appeal for immediate intervention to prevent the summary...

41 Organizations call for immediate action to free Syrian detainees from Hilvan Prison in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province, Amid fears for their lives after the spread of coronavirus pandemic, and unfair...

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scm

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

23/09/2020

Syrian civil society organizations welcome the Dutch government’s...

A group of 42 Syrian civil society organizations welcome the Dutch government’s decision to hold the Syrian authorities accountable and highlight the need for other states to support this step...

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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...

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SCM

31/01/2020

A Senior Jaysh al-Islam Official Arrested in France...

Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression-SCM International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH Ligue des droits de l’Homme-LDH   Syria/Justice : A Senior Jaysh al-Islam Official Arrested in France and Indicted...

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SCM

28/11/2019

ISIS-only tribunal: selective, politicised justice will do more...

    ISIS-only tribunal: selective, politicised justice will do more harm than good POLICY BRIEF Amidst heightened fears that ISIS fighters could escape captivity in north-eastern Syria as a result...

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SCM

14/11/2019

On the International Day to End Impunity for...

Beirut – To mark the 6th International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, on 02 November 2019, which was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations...

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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

19/06/2017

Press release on UN investigations in Syria: “Crowdfunding...

Press release on UN investigations in Syria „Crowdfunding against War Criminals“ Syrian and International human rights groups want to collect €1.9m with the crowd4justice campaign starting today. The background: governments...