Grunnen til at jeg skrevet artikkelen var at helsedirektør i Idlib, Monzer Al Khalid, deltok i en panelsamtale i regi av SPACE i Oslo den 3. april 2020, og i slutten av samtalen han ba oss syrere som bor på forskjellige steder i verden til å fortelle hva skjer i Idlib. Idlib, ingen steder trygge…
DetailsAv Gunnar Ekeløve-Slydal (fagsjef, Den norske Helsingforskomité) og Zeina Bali (daglig leder, Syria Peace Action Centre – SPACE) Gjennomgående for ni år med konflikt er at ingen blir straffet for krigsforbrytelser. I praksis fører det til at hensynet til å spare sivile, barn, sykehus og infrastruktur blir neglisjert. Forbudte våpen blir brukt, eiendommer konfiskert eller…
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بعد إعلان ترامب-نتنياهو عن صفقتهم، يرى البعض أنه من الممكن تحويل هذه الأزمة السياسية إلى فرصة لإعادة الاعتبار للمشروع الوطني للقضية الفلسطينية والنظر إلى حقوق الفلسطينيين في الوطن والشتات. وبذلك تعيد هذه الصفقة العديد من الأسئلة التي تجمع الفلسطينيين إلى الواجهة: ما هي أشكال المقاومة الممكنة اليوم في فلسطين؟ كيف يتم التصدي لقرارات التقسيم والفصل…
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While humanitarian aid is key in Syria, questions need to be asked about how the procurement of goods and services by humanitarian and development actors, using international funding, can contribute to a war-crime-economy. The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP) has conducted extensive research into businesses that supply aid groups, including the UN, and how some…
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مع وصول الحرب في سوريا إلى أوضاع إنسانية كارثية وفي ظل انتهاكات يومية ممنهجة لأبسط حقوق الإنسان، من الصعب الحديث أو حتى تخيل وجود أي آفاق لحلول سياسية أو مفاوضات سلام. ويبدو أن الغالبية العظمى من السوريين غير معنية بمتابعة دور اللجنة الدستورية والحوارات المستمرة بين النظام والمعارضة والمجتمع المدني. نستضيف في هذا الحوار المفتوح…
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Since 2015, SPACE has collaborated with the documentary film festival HUMAN, a collaboration we are immensely proud of. We are happy that this collaboration is continuing this year as well with two events on narrative wars and the role of Norway in prosecuting war crimes committed in Syria. Why should we watch films about war…
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Film: Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad UK/ 2017 / 50 min / Dir: Sara Afshar Tens of thousands of Syrians have been tortured and killed in secret prisons, by the Assad regime. The Film Syria’s Disappeared – The Case Against Assad by Sara Afshar brings forward testimonies from victims and asks the question; is…
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Why should we watch films about war and unbearable human suffering? The Syrian war is not only fought with guns and bombs, but also with words and narratives. The Syrian regime is funding efforts to manipulate the Syrian story while others are documenting regime war crimes. Such “narrative wars” are not unique to Syria. They…
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Det er fortsatt krig i Syria, men regimets dokumentasjon av den; hvorfor krigen ble så omfattende, hvem som gav ordre om hva og hvem som er ansvarlig for antall døde, er allerede i full gang. For enhver som anser seg selv som seierherre er det viktig å raskt skape en offisielle fortelling om krigens årsaker,…
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Mosul has been for centuries a city of unique coexistence and had its own identity locally and internationally. Christians were not only leading their own community, they were the alternative to Rome. Jews were developing their language and had a different life than it was told to us by recent studies. Muslims and other groups…
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