From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
"Syria's holocaust": The British media totally lose the plot
At no time in history the perversion of the truth has been so extreme. Once the NATO-led genocide on the people of Syria comes to an end, The Guardian and the entire British media establishment must be tried for crimes against humanity.
![](http://cemertur.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-scotsman-22-january-2014.jpg)
The Scotsman, 22 January 2014
Assad’s mass killings are Syria’s ‘holocaust’
The systematic torture and killing of 11,000 detainees in Syria has been compared to the holocaust by a Scottish scientist who
co-authored a report claiming the Assad regime is guilty of war crimes.
![](http://cemertur.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-guardian-22-january-2014.jpg)
The Guardian, 22 January 2014
Systematic killing evidence in Syria just tip of iceberg - aid agencies
International bodies say evidence of execution of 11,000 detainees in regime jails comes from just one area of Syria.
![](http://cemertur.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-guardian-21-january-20141.jpg)
The Guardian, 21 January 2014
Syrian regime document trove shows evidence of 'industrial scale' killing of detainees
Senior war crimes prosecutors say photographs and documents provide 'clear evidence' of systematic killing of 11,000 detainees
![](http://cemertur.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-independent-17-january-2014.jpg)
The Independent, 17 January 2014
Innocent, starving, close to death: One victim of the siege that shames Syria
Months of encirclement by the Syrian army has cut off the 18,000 people in Damascus's Yarmouk refugee camp from supplies and
medical aid, reducing them to subsisting on a diet of animal food, water with salt and instant noodles and leaves.
![](http://cemertur.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/daily-mirror-8-january-20141.jpg)
Daily Mirror, 8 January 2014
Baby recovered from rubble as Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad bombs his own people
Terrified children were among the victims today as Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad unleashed a new wave of terror from the skies.
![](http://cemertur.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-independent-18-december-2013.jpg)
The Independent, 18 December 2013
British prisoner Dr Abbas Khan found dead in Syrian jail days before he was due to be handed over to MP George Galloway
Family deny Syrian security authorities' claims that he committed suicide and demand an explanation.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
"Syria's holocaust": The British media totally lose the plot
Propaganda alert
compiled by Cem Ertür
23 January 2014
At no time in history the perversion of the truth has been so extreme. Once the NATO-led genocide on the people of Syria comes to an end, The Guardian and the entire British media establishment must be tried for crimes against humanity.
________________________________________
excerpt from: Syrian regime document trove shows evidence of 'industrial scale' killing of detainees
Senior war crimes prosecutors say photographs and documents provide 'clear evidence' of systematic killing of 11,000 detainees
by Ian Black, The Guardian, 21 January 2014
Read the Syria report in full
Syrian government officials could face war
crimes charges in the light
of a
huge cache of evidence smuggled out of the country showing the
"systematic killing" of about 11,000 detainees, according to three
eminent international lawyers.
The three, former prosecutors at the criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone, examined thousands of Syrian government photographs and files recording deaths in the custody of regime security forces from March 2011 to last August.
Most of the victims were young men and many corpses were emaciated, bloodstained and bore signs of torture. Some had no eyes; others showed signs of strangulation or electrocution.
The UN and independent human rights groups have documented abuses by both Bashar al-Assad's government and rebels, but experts say this evidence is more detailed and on a far larger scale than anything else that has yet emerged from the 34-month crisis.
The three lawyers interviewed the source, a military policeman who worked secretly with a Syrian opposition group and later defected and fled the country. In three sessions in the last 10 days they found him credible and truthful and his account "most compelling".
They put all evidence under rigorous scrutiny, says their report, which has been obtained by the Guardian and CNN.
The authors are Sir Desmond de Silva QC, former chief prosecutor of the special court for Sierra Leone, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, the former lead prosecutor of former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic, and Professor David Crane, who indicted President Charles Taylor of Liberia at the Sierra Leone court.
The three, former prosecutors at the criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone, examined thousands of Syrian government photographs and files recording deaths in the custody of regime security forces from March 2011 to last August.
Most of the victims were young men and many corpses were emaciated, bloodstained and bore signs of torture. Some had no eyes; others showed signs of strangulation or electrocution.
The UN and independent human rights groups have documented abuses by both Bashar al-Assad's government and rebels, but experts say this evidence is more detailed and on a far larger scale than anything else that has yet emerged from the 34-month crisis.
The three lawyers interviewed the source, a military policeman who worked secretly with a Syrian opposition group and later defected and fled the country. In three sessions in the last 10 days they found him credible and truthful and his account "most compelling".
They put all evidence under rigorous scrutiny, says their report, which has been obtained by the Guardian and CNN.
The authors are Sir Desmond de Silva QC, former chief prosecutor of the special court for Sierra Leone, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, the former lead prosecutor of former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic, and Professor David Crane, who indicted President Charles Taylor of Liberia at the Sierra Leone court.
________________________________________
Related articles:
Malicious
Syria Bashing: Part II
Malicious Syria Bashing
by Stephen Lendman, SteveLendmanBlog, 22 January 2014
US Feigns “Horror” Over Cooked-Up Report on Syrian War They Engineered
Qatar - chief financier of Al Qaeda in Syria - commissions "report" on atrocities published just ahead of Geneva conference.
by Tony Cartalucci, Global Research, 22 January 2014
Bashar al-Assad Interview: The Fight against Terrorists in Syria
by Bashar al Assad, Global Research, 21 January 2014
Media Lies While Syrians Die: Media Disinformation and the Syrian War
by James Corbett, Corbett Report, 22 December 2013
The Times sinks to new depths: “Assad’s snipers target unborn babies in wombs”
propaganda alert by Cem Ertür, Indybay, 19 October 2013
Neocolonial Dementia, Psy-warfare and Media Complicity
by tortilla con sal, Libya 360°, 15 October 2013
Inculcating stupidity: Syria and Edward Snowden
by Toni Solo, Syria 360°, 26 August 2013
“Assad’s secret e-mails”: The Guardian and The Independent's anti-Syria propaganda shifts into higher gear
propaganda alert by Cem Ertür, Indybay, 16 March 2012
Robert Fisk’s anti-Syria propaganda
propaganda alert by Cem Ertür, 911Blogger.com, 29 April 2011
________________________________________
Add Your Comments
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!
Get Involved
If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.
Publish
Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.
Topics
More
Search Indybay's Archives
Advanced Search
►
▼
IMC Network