After 13 years of searching, a Syrian man learns his brother’s fate

A trove of leaked records provides new evidence of thousands of Assad regime killings — and a chance for closure for families. 

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

#UnitedNations paid $11M to Syrian security firm owned by #Assad intelligence services, documents show

For over a decade, #UN #aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from #HumanRights advocates.

#Syria #DamascusDossier #law #InternationalLaw #geopolitics #complicit #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/assad-intelligence-security-united-nations-aid/

United Nations paid $11M to Syrian security firm owned by Assad intelligence services, documents show

For over a decade, U.N. aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from human rights advocates.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The #DamascusDossier investigation is an exposé into Assad’s vast system for the #detention, #torture & #murder of Syrian citizens — & the international forces that financed his regime.

The investigation findings are being published in multiple installments.

#Syria #Assad #law #InternationalLaw #geopolitics #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/

Damascus Dossier - ICIJ

Tens of thousands of secret photos and intelligence files expose the Assad regime’s killing machine.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The officer served as the head of the Evidence Preservation Unit of the military police in #Damascus between 2020 & 2024. He provided the images to a source who shared them with #NDR. “There are things people need to know,” he said in an interview with NDR. “There are people whose families need to know where they are & what happened to them.”

Until now the Syrian public did not know about the existence of these photos.

#Syria #Assad #DamascusDossier #law #geopolitics #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Captured by Syrian military photographers, the images are part of the #DamascusDossier, an investigation based on a cache of >134,000 records obtained by German broadcaster #NDR & shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists [#ICIJ] & 24 media partners. The Damascus Dossier sheds new light on the inner workings of the fmr Syrian government’s security & intelligence agencies.

#Syria #Assad #law #InternationalLaw #geopolitics #CrimesAgainstHumanity

fyi

United Nations paid $11M to Syrian security firm owned by Assad intelligence services, documents show

For over a decade, UN aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from human rights advocates.
@icij.org

#DamascusDossier

https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/assad-intelligence-security-united-nations-aid/

United Nations paid $11M to Syrian security firm owned by Assad intelligence services, documents show

For over a decade, U.N. aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from human rights advocates.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Damascus Dossier - ICIJ

Tens of thousands of secret photos and intelligence files expose the Assad regime’s killing machine.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Human Rights Watch and another NGO, the Syrian Legal Development Programme, warned the #UN in 2022 about Shorouk’s multiple reported links to the #Assad regime.  The United Nations responded that the contracts did not violate U.N. standards and continued to hire #Shorouk for two more years.

#DamascusDossier

https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/assad-intelligence-security-united-nations-aid/

United Nations paid $11M to Syrian security firm owned by Assad intelligence services, documents show

For over a decade, U.N. aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from human rights advocates.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

"Damascus Dossier" - "Es war ein Krankenhaus des Todes"

Syrische Militärkrankenhäuser haben in der Tötungsmaschinerie Assads eine zentrale Rolle gespielt. Das zeigt eine internationale Recherche. Ärzte aus diesen Krankenhäusern praktizieren mittlerweile auch in Deutschland.

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#Assad #Syrien #Verbrechen #DamascusDossier

"Damascus Dossier" - "Es war ein Krankenhaus des Todes"

Syrische Militärkrankenhäuser haben in der Tötungsmaschinerie Assads eine zentrale Rolle gespielt. Das zeigt eine internationale Recherche. Ärzte aus diesen Krankenhäusern praktizieren mittlerweile auch in Deutschland.

tagesschau.de

"Damascus Dossier" - Anatomie eines Verbrechens

Tausende Dokumente enthüllen schwerste Menschenrechtsverletzungen des Assad-Regimes. Die Daten, die NDR/WDR, SZ und internationale Partner ausgewertet haben, geben auch Aufschluss über das Schicksal von mehr als 1.500 Vermissten.

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#Assad #Syrien #Verbrechen #DamascusDossier

"Damascus Dossier" - Anatomie eines Verbrechens

Tausende Dokumente enthüllen schwerste Menschenrechtsverletzungen des Assad-Regimes. Die Daten, die <em>NDR/WDR</em>, SZ und internationale Partner ausgewertet haben, geben auch Aufschluss über das Schicksal von mehr als 1.500 Vermissten.

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