

Anna Neistat
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@AnnaNeistat
Clooney Foundation for Justice, Legal Director, The Docket - investigating and bringing to justice individuals and corporations involved in international crimes





40 years since adoption of Convention against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Tens of thousands of arbitrarily detained in #Syria remain forcibly disappeared. Thousands more have been subject to torture, sexual violence, death in detention.

My heart goes out to the Syrians, individuals, and families, who are anxiously searching for images or videos of their loved ones forcibly disappeared in Assad’s prisons, as they wait for the remaining prisons, especially Saidnaya Prison to be liberated.


As Syrian rebel forces are getting closer to Damascus, prepare yourself for the stories from freed prisoners you'll hear when this purple circle is liberated: Saydnaya Prison Its nickname is 'Human Slaughterhouse' as the thingd we already know are beyond horrific Some stories🧵













In a historic step towards justice for survivors of mass atrocities in the DRC, former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala Tshitenga was indicted in France this week for his alleged complicity in and conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity.

