A brigadier-general, the most high-ranking military official to b tried for war crimes in Syria, in the first trial about hostilities conduct in Syria.Thank you Civil Rights Defenders 4 monitoring this trial and providing Arabic reporting 4 the concerned communities crd.org/2024/04/11/rep…

Breaking: Hama Massacre of 1982, to be brought in a Swiss court. The world is to be prepared for listening to the horrors that will be described in the court. The victims and survivors would be heard for the first time in court, since the Assad regime burnt Hama and slaughtered…

Big news from Switzerland and another step for #Justice4Syria
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⚖️The #ICC issues int'l arrest warrants for #Russian Lt. Gen. Sergei Kobylash, commander of long-range aviation & Viktor Sokolov, Black Sea fleet commander, for #WarCrimes , incl targeting of civilians & civilian infrastructure in #Ukraine .

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🧵In a report released today, @HRW exposes the chilling reality of abuses & impunity in Turkish-occupied northern Syria, echoing the urgency for justice seen in the wake of the murder of Syrian feminist & activist Hiba Haj Aref in Bezaa village this week. hrw.org/news/2024/02/2…

“We will find you, and we will kill you.”

Governments target nationals living abroad with killings, removals, and other abuses.

Bold policy responses are needed.

New report Human Rights Watch, out now⤵️

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Swedish ambassador to Russia Karin Olofsdotter laying down flowers today in honor of Alexei Navalny by the Solovetsky stone in Moscow, a memorial for the victims of political repression.

'Alexey #Navalny spent at least a decade standing up to the Kremlin when it seemed impossible. He was jailed and released. He was poisoned, and survived. He was warned to stay away from #Russia and didn’t.'

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Breaking: Alexei Navalny is killed by Putin...
RIP Alexei. Whether killed, or died in detention due to lack of medical care and conditions that amount to torture, Putin is responsible for the death of Alexei Anatolievich Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, lawyer,…

Meanwhile: the International Court of Justice has issued an order setting a deadline for Syria to present its Counter-Memorial (respond to the Netherlands and Canada's accusations of violating the Torture Convention) by 3 February 2026. This two-year timeframe is more than enough…

The Syrian government is desecrating and destroying mass graves, erasing evidence of crimes against humanity and war crimes of mass extermination, enforced disappearance, and killing under torture. This is a grave crime, a heart-wrenching injustice to the Syrian people, and a…

🚨 #UniversalJurisdiction
A #Syrian man, charged with committing #warcrimes and #crimesagainsthumanity , has been detained in #Belgium . He is suspected of belonging to a militia close to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Dear friends, Aksu, a prefecture in #Uyghur homeland where my brother Ekpar is held in a prison camp is hit by a magnitude of 7.1 earthquake. Can you pls keep Ekpar & all prisoners in your thoughts.

I demand China to free all prisoners. In disaster like these, they’d be trapped

Breaking: seconds ago, the Hague District Court sentenced Mr. Mustafa Addahoudi Of Liwa al Quds (aka Jerusalem Brigade) pro-Assad regime Palestinian militia to 12 years in prison for war crimes in Syria.
Mustafa Addahoudi (as named by the Court) was arrested in Kerkrade, the…

It’s Sunday, January 21, 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023.

298 days ago.

His “crime” was practicing journalism in Russia.

BRING EVAN HOME NOW!

#IStandWithEvan

🚨 #BREAKING :
#PressReleases
STJ, ECCHR, and their partners filed a criminal complaint with the German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office on 18 January 2024, calling for a comprehensive investigation of the perpetrators.
#Afrin #Syria
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Important decision from France on crimes committed in Syria and corporate accountability: charge of crimes against humanity against the company has been confirmed - Lafarge remains the first legal entity worldwide to face such a charge

The Assad regime's ongoing crimes against humanity of extermination of civilians: 4 days ago, the family of Abdullah al-Madi, received news that he died in detention after he was detained and disappeared for 12 years.
Almadi- a political activist- is one of more than a hundred…

👋 Good morning, it is the week of January 15, 2024, and tomorrow the #French Cour de Cassation should rule whether the #Lafarge company can be indicted for complicity in #CrimesAgainstHumanity & endangering the lives of its employees in #Syria .
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In this rare interview & compelling testament to history, our late Riad al-Turk who passed away days ago, said: the Syrian prisons of the Assad family are human slaughterhouses that subject citizens to the ugliest types of systematic torture and humiliation. 'In these prisons,…