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US Charges Ex-head Of Syrian Prison With Torture

The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed government of Bashar al-Assad, the Justice Department said.

International Business Times · Dec 13, 2024

I sparked Syria’s revolution as a teenage boy – now I’m here to finish it

ON THE GROUND: Muawiyah Syasneh was 16 when his anti-Assad graffiti on a school wall led to his arrest, sparking protests that ended in civil war. Now, in the very same spot, he tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew about the years-long war – and his role in bringing it…

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

Rapes, Torture, Killings -- A Litany Of Abuses Blamed On Assad Forces

Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011.

International Business Times · Dec 12, 2024

‘To cough was to risk death’: the artist who mapped Syria’s Sednaya prison with testimonies from its survivors

As an artist and audio investigator, I interviewed people who had been imprisoned in a building where sound and vision were weaponised. So what should happen to this monstrous place now it has been liberated?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024

ICC to wrap up landmark trial of notorious Sudanese militia chief

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has entered the final stages of its first-ever trial involving crimes committed during Sudan’s Darfur conflict. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, is accused of leading Sudan’s Janjaweed militia in a campaign of murder, rape, and torture between 2003 and 2004.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 11, 2024

Sudan Militia Chief 'Enthusiastically' Committed War Crimes: Prosecutor

A feared Sudanese militia chief "willingly and enthusiastically" participated in war crimes, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor charged Wednesday, laying out searing accusations of rape, murder, and torture.

International Business Times · Dec 11, 2024

ICC To Wrap Up War Crimes Trial Of Feared Sudan Militia Chief

The war crimes trial of a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of rape, murder, and torture across the Darfur region of Sudan during the country's brutal civil war wraps up this week.

International Business Times · Dec 11, 2024

‘Step towards justice’: US indicts ex-military officials for Syria abuses

Officers Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud behind torture of detainees, including US citizens, prosecutors say.

Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024

Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison

Mazen al-Hamada had escaped to tell the world about regime’s torture before returning to Damascus

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’: Wife of jailed Syrian reveals truth of Assad’s slaughterhouse jail

As the brutality of the Assad regime falls away, Bel Trew finds families driven by desperation, grief and fury as they searched for their lost loved ones

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024