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Half a million documents prove the involvement of Syria's Assad regime

In an exclusive interview with Al-Arabiya, the team was given direct access to view some of the hundreds of thousands of documents, which have been compiled by the Commission for International Justice and Accountability aimed at building cases for future prosecutions concerning crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria…  (In Arabic)

In an exclusive interview with Al-Arabiya, the team was given direct access to view some of the hundreds of thousands of documents, which have been compiled by the Commission for International Justice and Accountability aimed at building cases for future prosecutions concerning crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria…

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What counts as evidence of Syria's war crimes?

In this rather gloomy context of injustice and impunity, some have been comforted by the fact that at least someone is doing something: For the last few years, a small number of private non-governmental organizations have been investigating and documenting evidence of crimes committed in Syria… 

In this rather gloomy context of injustice and impunity, some have been comforted by the fact that at least someone is doing something: For the last few years, a small number of private non-governmental organizations have been investigating and documenting evidence of crimes committed in Syria… 

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Investigators in Syria Seek Paper Trails That Could Prove War Crimes

Behind the blitz of airstrikes and land battles in Syria, an unseen army is hunting for special spoils of war: pieces of paper, including military orders, meeting minutes, prison records and any other documents that could help build cases for future prosecutions...

Behind the blitz of airstrikes and land battles in Syria, an unseen army is hunting for special spoils of war: pieces of paper, including military orders, meeting minutes, prison records and any other documents that could help build cases for future prosecutions...

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Chasseurs de Preuves

Before the Syrian revolution, Samy, aged forty years , taught full time . Today, he tracks any document, snapshot or video that will identify suspected perpetrators of war crimes or crimes against humanity. For him, a man who has always hated weapons, another war began, in secret…

Before the Syrian revolution, Samy , aged forty years , taught full time . Today, he tracks any document, snapshot or video that will identify suspected perpetrators of war crimes or crimes against humanity. For him, a man who has always hated weapons, another war began, in secret…

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At secret location, team collects evidence of Syrian war crimes

Canadian lawyer William Wiley advised the Iraqi tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein. He and his team have collected and combed through more than half a million videos. But the most crucial element of this work is collecting a paper trail…

Canadian lawyer William Wiley advised the Iraqi tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein. He and his team have collected and combed through more than half a million videos. But the most crucial element of this work is collecting a paper trail…

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Meet the Investigators Who Risk Their Lives to Take Incriminating Documents Out of Syria

The first time Ahmed was shot at by Syrian government forces he was outside Aleppo, driving in a car loaded with bags of incriminating documents. He could hear the gunfire aimed in his direction, the rounds passing close by in the dense night fog...

For nearly two years, dozens of investigators funded by the U.S. and its allies have been infiltrating Syria to collect evidence of suspected war crimes, sometimes risking their lives to back up promises by Western leaders to hold the guilty accountable…

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Group Backed by U.S., Allies has Syria War-Crimes Evidence, Officials Say

For nearly two years, dozens of investigators funded by the U.S. and its allies have been infiltrating Syria to collect evidence of suspected war crimes, sometimes risking their lives to back up promises by Western leaders to hold the guilty accountable…

For nearly two years, dozens of investigators funded by the U.S. and its allies have been infiltrating Syria to collect evidence of suspected war crimes, sometimes risking their lives to back up promises by Western leaders to hold the guilty accountable…

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