🧵 It is incredulous that within just days of the Assad regime's fall, a number of European countries, including Germany, Austria, Denmark, and others have announced pauses in the processing of asylum applications. (1)

Note: Syria will return to be the focus of INGOs whose work follows trends, rather than sustainable, long-term & impactful justice work WITH communities. In the past 13yrs, Syrian CSOs achieved outstanding results & built impressive expertise: they should not be sidelined now.

Listen to this interview with Wafa Ali Mustafa saying what needs to be said on the agony and pain she and so many families of Syria’s disappeared are going through right now. Shame on United Nations and ICRC for refusing to do their job! They have once again failed the people of Syria.

We Amnesty International spent yesterday visiting the Assad government’s security and intelligence branches in Damascus. For years, survivors had described the horrors they experienced in these underground dungeons. But nothing could have prepared us for what we saw.

"Those who fear retaliation must understand that justice is the shield that protects them and all Syrians from the cycle of vengeance. Acknowledging all the crimes committed in Syria is the first step on a long path toward fairness—a path that demands the highest levels of

A statement of the associations of the Truth and Justice Charter, welcomes the appointment of Ms. Karla Quintana as the Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP) and calls on the IIMP to activate an emergency action plan.

Today I visited Yarmouk camp, which was once the largest Palestinian community outside Palestine. I once lived here, and these streets were full of people. The Assad regime did this. Remember this the next time you hear that the fall of the Assad regime was bad for Palestinians.

Arrived in Damascus to continue the 12-year search for my detained father in #Assad’s prisons. I've posted his photo throughout the city, hoping for any information. Hope fuels me, but the pain is immense. Nothing less than the full truth! #Syria

The women at today's protest for the detainees in Damascus express the pain and anguish of countless Syrian families. We want justice for the detainees, to know their fate and for the criminals that imprisoned, tortured and killed them to be held accountable.

Syrians are told it’s time to go back to their country… by the same officials who say their country isn’t stable or democratic enough to be freed from economic strangulation—let alone to receive the funds needed to rebuild schools, hospitals, and power stations.

This is a fundraiser for one of the (unfortunately many) Syrian organizations doing highly timely and critical work, now affected by recent international funding cuts. If you are able to chip in, please do 🙏🏽 justgiving.com/crowdfunding/h…

Statement on Our Meeting Regarding the Issue of Detainees and the Missing We, the associations of survivors and families of victims members to the Truth and Justice Charter, along with a group of families of the disappeared, held an official meeting today at the Presidential

During this first visit to #Syria, I met with families, authorities and civil society, and visited different sites. I witnessed the collective hope, resilience and a will to reconstruct a new Syria. (1/9)

شاهدوا النقاط الرئيسية من فعالية "العدالة والمساءلة في الانتقال السياسي في سوريا" التي عقدتها مدنية في باريس في معهد العالم العربي. Watch the key highlights from the Justice and Accountability in Syria's Political Transition event Madaniya held in Paris at the Arab World

The #RehabilitationProgram for former detainees & families of the disappeared started as a voluntary effort by a team member & was adopted by @Nophotozone in late 2023. It has since supported 79 beneficiaries—51 women & 28 men. #SupportForDetainees #HumanRights #Empowerment

With Israel in Gaza having replicated the Syrian-Russian strategy of bombing hospitals, the International Criminal Court should reaffirm that these attacks on protected sites are war crimes and file charges. theguardian.com/global-develop…

A quick primer on the most common self-defence terminology, because states and scholars tend to be all over the place. "Pre-emptive" self-defence is a response to an imminent armed attack. "Preventive" self-defence is a response to an armed attack that is not even imminent.

It’s around 3 am in Tehran and over 10 million people are being ordered to leave their houses “immediately” by a post on social media…

My father finally made it to Tehran this afternoon from Kish Island after a 2-hour boat ride, 8 hours in a minibus, and a 28-hour train to reach my mother, so they could leave the city together. But the road out of Tehran was closed. They were stuck for 4 hours at the

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.