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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Sep 1

We’re excited to launch the Prisons Museum Foundation website: www.prisons.museum/en

A platform dedicated to documenting prisons, preserving memory, and amplifying survivors’ voices.

#PrisonsMuseum #Memory #Justice #HumanRights

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Aug 31

عن متحف سجون سوريا، مقابلة مع فريق العمل من داخل سجن صيدنايا. على موقع الجمهورية.

متحف سجون سوريا: رواية الحكاية رقمياً | Syria Prisons Museum: A Digitized Story

YouTube video by Al-Jumhuriya الجمهورية

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Aug 14

🎙️ With DW’s Studio Al-Hadath, I spoke about the ISIS Prisons Museum and its largest file — Hisba Diwan: thousands of detainees, dozens of prisons, and years of investigations & survivor testimonies.

🔗 www.dw.com/ar/audio-736...

#ISISPrisonsMuseum #Justice #HumanRights #Syria #Iraq

متحف داعش.. توثيق للجرائم وتذكير بالضحايا – DW – 2025/8/13

متحف سجون داعش، مشروع توثيقي لجرائم وانتهاكات تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية، يضم صورا وشهادات وتحقيقات ومعارض وجولات افتراضية، توثق الفظائع وتذكر بالضحايا. فما أهمية مثل هذا المشروع لتحقيق العدالة وإنصاف الض...

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Aug 14

🏚 Once a traditional home in Mosul’s Old City, #ISIS turned it into a Hisba prison.

Our 3D reconstruction took 3 years of work:
📜 1,000+ documents analyzed
🗣️ 7 survivors from this prison interviewed
🗣️ Dozens from other Hisba prisons in Mosul

Walk through:
🔗 www.isisprisons.museum/en/sites/pri...

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Aug 10

Leaked CCTV from Suwayda Hospital (July 16, 2025) shows gov. forces shelling the building, assaulting staff, and executing civilians — one killer wore an ISIS patch.
We’re investigating these crimes just as we did ISIS & Assad crimes. Justice must be universal.
#Suwayda #JusticeForSyria #HumanRights

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 30

Yusuf Al-Labbad was not killed in a vacuum.
His death is a direct result of unchecked crimes, official lies, and a system built on impunity.

Every crime we fail to confront becomes permission for the next.

#JusticeForYusuf
#CoastalMassacres
#Syria
#EndImpunity
#NoJusticeNoPeace

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 30

Yusuf Al-Labbad walked into the Umayyad Mosque alive — and left as a corpse.

The official story? He “hit his head on hard objects” by himself in a guarded room.

No cameras. No witnesses. No medical report.

This wasn’t suicide.
It’s state violence — again.

#JusticeForYusuf
#Syria
#EndImpunity

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 27

#ÖffnetHumanitäreKorridoreFürAsSuwaida
#LebensmittelFürAsSuwaida
#MedikamenteFürAsSuwaida
#TreibstoffFürAsSuwaida
#RettetAsSuwaida

Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 27

#OpenHumanitarianCorridorsForSweida
#FoodForSweida
#MedicineForSweida
#FuelForSweida
#SaveSweida

Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 25

In Paris, Asaad al-Shaibani of the HTS-backed Syrian “transitional govt” met Israeli officials under U.S. mediation.
In Suwayda, civilians are killed over false accusations of Israeli ties.
Who defines treason—and for whose benefit?

#Syria #Suwayda #Against

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 24

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Syria is secretly reshaping its economy. The president’s brother is in charge.

A shadow committee is remaking Syria's economy with secret takeovers of Assad-era companies. A Reuters investigation has found the new president's brother, Hazem al-Sharaa, along with a sanctioned Australian are in charge of untangling corruption. But to do so, they're making deals with businessmen many Syrians associate with years of ill-gotten gains.

www.reuters.com

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 23

Now:
www.youtube.com/live/AmsDjPc...

IPM investigation into the Hisbah Diwan

YouTube video by ISIS Prisons Museum

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 19

Civil resistance is possible—even under ISIS.
We spent months working on this investigation about Raqqa’s nonviolent resistance during ISIS rule. It’s now live on:
👉 www.isisprisons.museum/en/investiga...
Authoritarian terror doesn’t erase the will to resist.
It just makes resistance harder.

ISIS Prisons Museum

The ISIS Prisons Museum is a virtual museum space that uses state-of-the-art digital technology to exhibit forensic investigations into crimes committed by ISIS. It combines online digital storytellin...

www.isisprisons.museum

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 19

Silence enables the crime.
If the current authorities in Damascus don’t act now, they are no different from those before them.
And they are opening the door to another forever war.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hama 1982 → Sweida 2025

The Assad dictatorship began with a massacre.
Today, a new one is forming in Sweida.

If it’s not stopped now, we may be entering a new era of endless, blood-soaked rule—this time by warlords and “de facto” authorities, not just one man.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 18

What’s happening in Sweida is heartbreaking.

A place that once stood with dignity and defiance is now being dragged into a dirty war of revenge, tribalism, and silence.

We fought for freedom, dignity, and justice—not for this.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 13

After analyzing thousands of ISIS documents, we published a new investigation on the Hisba Diwan — the system of religious policing under ISIS.

How it worked, how it justified repression, and how it helped build the illusion of a state.

🔗 isisprisons.museum/en/investiga...

ISIS Prisons Museum

The ISIS Prisons Museum is a virtual museum space that uses state-of-the-art digital technology to exhibit forensic investigations into crimes committed by ISIS. It combines online digital storytellin...

isisprisons.museum

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jul 8

Today is my brother Mohammed Nour Matar’s birthday.
He was taken by ISIS in 2013 and we’ve heard nothing since.
We searched every prison, every village, every wall.
We built a museum for him.
And we will keep searching.
Because he’s brave. Because he matters. Because he’s my brother.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 23

The ISIS Prisons Museum expresses its deep sorrow over the bombing that targeted the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, claiming the lives of more than 25 civilians and injuring dozens of others.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 22

بجب تجريم الدعشنة في سوريا، مثل تجريم الأسدية.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 22

Heartbroken by the horrific attack on St. Elias Church in Damascus. Dozens were killed and injured while praying.
My deepest condolences to the families of the victims and all members of the Syrian Christian community.
Violence against worshippers is a crime against us all.
🖤

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 16

Frankfurt court sentences Syrian doctor Alaa Mousa to life in prison without parole for crimes against humanity, including torture, murder & sexual violence in military hospitals (2011–2012).
#Justice #Syria #FrankfurtVerdict

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 12

Honored to speak at #NR25 on the risks & realities of investigative reporting from Syria.
I’ll share work on ISIS prisons, the Shaitat massacre, and documenting war crimes.
Join us June 13, 3PM.
More info: nr25.sched.com/event/1yzgw

#Syria #Journalism #Justice #Accountability

NR25: Inside Syria: Investigative Frontlines a...

View more about this event at NR25

nr25.sched.com

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 11

In Syria today:
Bikinis are haram, but Fadi Saqr — a war criminal behind the Tadamon massacre — is halal enough for the new government’s Peace Committee.
Welcome to the moral compass of the state.

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · Jun 10

How can Syrians be asked to trust the state?For decades, it has arrested, robbed, and oppressed us.For the past 15 years,it bombed our homes, destroyed our cities, and displaced millions.Trust is not given blindly it must be earned.Our experience teaches us to demand justice, not silence our doubts.

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