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Forensic expert in Syria"Opening the graves is not a priority"
In Syria, families of those who disappeared under Assad are desperate for answers. But before bodies can be identified, countless files, photos and videos must be gathered. "There is a bureaucracy of the dead," says forensic scientist Luis Fondebrider.
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Human Rights Watch: Calling to account those who attacked Sudan's protesters in 2019
The deadly attacks on Sudanese demonstrators last June were in most cases intentional and could be punished as crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch is demandung that the transitional authorities be held accountable for the unlawful violence.
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Human Rights Watch: Egypt's war crimes in North Sinai
A recently published Human Rights Watch report based on two years of investigation documents crimes including mass arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings and possibly unlawful air and ground attacks against civilians in the North Sinai.
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Human Rights Watch: First Syrian atrocities trials held in Europe
Efforts to bring those responsible for atrocities in Syria before European courts are starting to bear fruit, notably in Swedish and German courts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Various authorities in Europe are currently conducting investigations into serious international crimes committed in Syria.