🧵 The success of transitional justice is measured not by the measures taken, but by the extent to which they can achieve justice for victims and promote long-term stability, human rights advocate @mansouromari.bsky.social writes.

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'The [#Syrian] state must work with civil society & intl experts to design a clear, practical & realistic program to achieve immediate civil peace & a transitional justice process to reach a just & lasting peace.'
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#Syrie : alors que des membres d'une faction armée à Soueïda ont attaqué 7 journalistes dimanche dernier, RSF appelle le nouveau gouvernement à prendre des mesures concrètes pour protéger la presse syrienne partout dans le pays.

Our language columnist @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social turns his attention to the word "coup", journalist @nicolacutcher.bsky.social speaks to Syrian human rights defender @mansouromari.bsky.social about the search for justice after Assad, and we hear the story of a Palestinian poet killed in Gaza

Caesars Mut verdanken wir nicht nur, dass viele Familien Klarheit über das Schicksal ihrer verschwundenen und ermordeten Angehörigen erlangen konnten. Seine Fotos lieferten auch unzählige Beweise, die in europäischen Strafverfahren gegen die staatliche Folter in Syrien verwendet wurden.

Caretaker President of Syria met with a delegation of survivors’ associations, families of detainees and missing persons a few days ago in Damascus - it’s progress but clear actions and investment in this file are still needed. On that, progress is still horribly slow.

Farid al-Madhan, aka Caesar appears for the first time with his voice & face after more than a decade of wearing a mask & concealing identity, recounting his journey in collecting evidence & data smuggled out of Syria @hrw.org @eliothiggins.bsky.social @ecchr.bsky.social www.hrw.org/video-photos...

Breaking: This is Caesar, the Syrian who smuggled thousnds of photos of people Assad killed under torture. He was the head of the Forensic Evidence Department in Military Police in Damascus, and whom the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act named after.

"Es ist, als ob ich jetzt in einer anderen Welt leben würde. Ich habe immer gehofft, dass es irgendwann so kommt. Aber niemals hätte ich gedacht, dass es so plötzlich passiert." berichtet unsere Kollegin Joumana Seif im Interview mit der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: www.boell.de/de/2025/01/2...

Honored to participate in the #MiddleEast-#Syria-focused commemoration of the 80th International #Holocaust Remembrance Day, with lessons from #Germany #Rwanda on preserving the memory. Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBPp...
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Omari, was documenting the missing, when arrested in in his office in Damascus. He's one of a few torture survivors who publicly relay his experiences. "The rule is you never come out. I was one of the exceptions":
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Recognising challenges facing Syria’s legal system — and the terrible judicial record of Damascus’ new rulers — @mansouromari.bsky.social proposes a hybrid process to ensure Syrian ownership while also providing international guarantees of due process.
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'The coming elected gov's first actions should include: Ratifying intl treaties & conventions, the Rome Statute of @intlcrimcourt.bsky.social & enshrining them within a #Syrian constitution & national law.'
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Thousands of detainees are held in Assad's Saydnaya Human slaughterhouse: Mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya
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Save the rest
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For god's sake reach to Saydnaya slaughterhouse prison & rescue the rest!! Upon release list their names, secure the prison for evidnce. Governments & int. organizations, must immediately offer support to released detainees & support efforts to reunite them with families

3. Following the release of those detainees, crucial complementary work should follow to safeguard their dignity, address their needs (physical & psychological), & facilitate swift reunion with families. A dedicated workgroup should be formed to coordinate these efforts

2 Freeing those detainees ended Assad’s war crimes & crimes against humanity of torture & enforced disappearances, against them. This is also a stark reminder of other detainees languishing in the Assad torture archipelago and of the tens of thousands killed by Assad in detention

1. Today, thousands of people arbitrarily detained are freed from Assad's Hama prison. This prison served as a holding facility for detainees before being transferred to Saydnaya prison, where they were executed, slaughtered, & killed under torture.

Syria's president Assad's appearance in Saudia's summit is only a reminder to his countless victims & thier families that we should never forget. We shall never cease resisting normalising the horrific interanational crimes of torture, enforced disappearance & bombing civilians with chemical weapons

The Ukrainian city of Vovchansk has been pummelled by Russian forces. Hospitals, schools, residential blocks and more have been flattened. Now, a new analysis suggests close to 80% of buildings in the city have been either damaged or destroyed. www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/10...

"The last time any of Maria Kolesnikova’s family had contact with the imprisoned #Belarus opposition activist was more than 18 months ago. Fellow inmates at the penal colony reported hearing her plead for medical help from inside her tiny and smelly cell"
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