A photo of Syrian Minister of Justice Mazhar al-Wais shaking hands with Judge Ammar Bilal—the former chief prosecutor at the Assad regime’s infamous Counter-Terrorism Court—ignited a firestorm on Syrian social media last week.
Dealing with the legacy of Syria’s prisons and security branches as atrocity sites is a collective moral responsibility and part of the fight for memory, “the last bulwark against repeating the past,” Nour al-Khateeb writes.
As the Trump administration slashes foreign aid, Syrian civil society is left reeling at a time when it is most needed.
In the pursuit of accountability, should legal efforts focus on leadership, or go after every cog in the machine?
