Lucy Gaynor
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social
Historian. PhD Researcher: University of Amsterdam / NIOD-Institute for War, Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Researching historical narratives in international criminal trials ( #Rwanda / #Cambodia / #ICC)
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A “strategic-advisory firm” based in Mayfair, #London, led an intelligence operation to find “evidence” to undermine the credibility of the woman who accused #ICC prosecutor Karim #Khan of sexual assault.
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A “strategic-advisory firm” based in Mayfair, #London, led an intelligence operation to find “evidence” to undermine the credibility of the woman who accused #ICC prosecutor Karim #Khan of sexual assault.
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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I take this as a quite harsh rebuke by the ICC judges of how past and present ICC prosecutors have handled applications for arrest warrants (I.e. timing of making the applications public).
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I take this as a quite harsh rebuke by the ICC judges of how past and present ICC prosecutors have handled applications for arrest warrants (I.e. timing of making the applications public).
Trump takes on #Nigeria in characteristic fashion: "a very complex matter...stripped of its nuance"
On 1 November, #Trump announced his desire to take military action against the 🇳🇬 gov. to save Christians from the "existential threat" of "radical Islamists"
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
On 1 November, #Trump announced his desire to take military action against the 🇳🇬 gov. to save Christians from the "existential threat" of "radical Islamists"
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Trump takes on #Nigeria in characteristic fashion: "a very complex matter...stripped of its nuance"
On 1 November, #Trump announced his desire to take military action against the 🇳🇬 gov. to save Christians from the "existential threat" of "radical Islamists"
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
On 1 November, #Trump announced his desire to take military action against the 🇳🇬 gov. to save Christians from the "existential threat" of "radical Islamists"
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In #Uganda, victims of Joseph Kony's #LRA have welcomed the confirmation of 39 war crimes & crimes against humanity charges.
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Joseph Kony case: Ugandans welcome ICC's war crimes charges against LRA leader
The warlord remains at large but victims hope the ICC charges will renew efforts to capture him.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In #Uganda, victims of Joseph Kony's #LRA have welcomed the confirmation of 39 war crimes & crimes against humanity charges.
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A “strategic-advisory firm” based in Mayfair, #London, led an intelligence operation to find “evidence” to undermine the credibility of the woman who accused #ICC prosecutor Karim #Khan of sexual assault.
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A “strategic-advisory firm” based in Mayfair, #London, led an intelligence operation to find “evidence” to undermine the credibility of the woman who accused #ICC prosecutor Karim #Khan of sexual assault.
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
The #ICC Office of the #Prosecutor said of the decision:
“This ensures that Joseph Kony – once arrested – can immediately face trial on these charges”
But judges explicitly suspended the #appeal filing deadline. So if #Kony is ever arrested, expect intense appeals before any possible trial.
“This ensures that Joseph Kony – once arrested – can immediately face trial on these charges”
But judges explicitly suspended the #appeal filing deadline. So if #Kony is ever arrested, expect intense appeals before any possible trial.
Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The #ICC Office of the #Prosecutor said of the decision:
“This ensures that Joseph Kony – once arrested – can immediately face trial on these charges”
But judges explicitly suspended the #appeal filing deadline. So if #Kony is ever arrested, expect intense appeals before any possible trial.
“This ensures that Joseph Kony – once arrested – can immediately face trial on these charges”
But judges explicitly suspended the #appeal filing deadline. So if #Kony is ever arrested, expect intense appeals before any possible trial.
Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
Osama Almasri Najim - wanted by the ICC for Crimes Against Humanity & War Crimes committed in #Libya - was arrested and released in Italy earlier this year.
He has just been arrested & is being questioned, in Libya, according to the prosecutor's office in #Tripoli
www.newarab.com/news/libya-d...
He has just been arrested & is being questioned, in Libya, according to the prosecutor's office in #Tripoli
www.newarab.com/news/libya-d...
Libya detains ex-police chief wanted by ICC for war crimes
Former police chief Osama Almasri Najim was arrested in Tripoli this week, almost a year after he was released by Italian authorities.
www.newarab.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Osama Almasri Najim - wanted by the ICC for Crimes Against Humanity & War Crimes committed in #Libya - was arrested and released in Italy earlier this year.
He has just been arrested & is being questioned, in Libya, according to the prosecutor's office in #Tripoli
www.newarab.com/news/libya-d...
He has just been arrested & is being questioned, in Libya, according to the prosecutor's office in #Tripoli
www.newarab.com/news/libya-d...
#Rwanda
Fulgence Kayishema - arrested in #SouthAfrica in 2023 - has still not been transferred to Rwanda for trial.
Earlier this year, he formally requested that the referral of his case to 🇷🇼 be revoked for four reasons. Today, the #ICTR's 'Residual Mechanism' (IRMCT) issued a decision.
🧵
Fulgence Kayishema - arrested in #SouthAfrica in 2023 - has still not been transferred to Rwanda for trial.
Earlier this year, he formally requested that the referral of his case to 🇷🇼 be revoked for four reasons. Today, the #ICTR's 'Residual Mechanism' (IRMCT) issued a decision.
🧵
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#Rwanda
Fulgence Kayishema - arrested in #SouthAfrica in 2023 - has still not been transferred to Rwanda for trial.
Earlier this year, he formally requested that the referral of his case to 🇷🇼 be revoked for four reasons. Today, the #ICTR's 'Residual Mechanism' (IRMCT) issued a decision.
🧵
Fulgence Kayishema - arrested in #SouthAfrica in 2023 - has still not been transferred to Rwanda for trial.
Earlier this year, he formally requested that the referral of his case to 🇷🇼 be revoked for four reasons. Today, the #ICTR's 'Residual Mechanism' (IRMCT) issued a decision.
🧵
Rodrigo #Duterte's defence team have filed a notice of appeal against the decision (below) which denied their challenge to #ICC jurisdiction over the former #Philippines President
They ask judges to rule there is "no legal basis" for the proceedings & grant him "immediate and unconditional release"
They ask judges to rule there is "no legal basis" for the proceedings & grant him "immediate and unconditional release"
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Rodrigo #Duterte's defence team have filed a notice of appeal against the decision (below) which denied their challenge to #ICC jurisdiction over the former #Philippines President
They ask judges to rule there is "no legal basis" for the proceedings & grant him "immediate and unconditional release"
They ask judges to rule there is "no legal basis" for the proceedings & grant him "immediate and unconditional release"
Paul #Biya - President of #Cameroon since 1982 - will begin an 8th term, after winning an election dubbed a “masquerade” by his opponent.
Already the world’s oldest serving head of state, aged 92, this term would keep him in power until almost his 100th birthday.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Already the world’s oldest serving head of state, aged 92, this term would keep him in power until almost his 100th birthday.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
World’s oldest serving head of state declared winner in Cameroon election
Paul Biya, 92, said to have won 53.66% of vote after volatile two weeks since election when opponent claimed victory
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Paul #Biya - President of #Cameroon since 1982 - will begin an 8th term, after winning an election dubbed a “masquerade” by his opponent.
Already the world’s oldest serving head of state, aged 92, this term would keep him in power until almost his 100th birthday.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Already the world’s oldest serving head of state, aged 92, this term would keep him in power until almost his 100th birthday.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
#Sudan
Since seizing the city of El Fasher just last week, after an extensive siege and bombardment, the #paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of the ethnically motivated mass killing of more than 2,000 unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Since seizing the city of El Fasher just last week, after an extensive siege and bombardment, the #paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of the ethnically motivated mass killing of more than 2,000 unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group
Rapid Support Forces accused of killing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher in recent days
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#Sudan
Since seizing the city of El Fasher just last week, after an extensive siege and bombardment, the #paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of the ethnically motivated mass killing of more than 2,000 unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Since seizing the city of El Fasher just last week, after an extensive siege and bombardment, the #paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of the ethnically motivated mass killing of more than 2,000 unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
2022: A #UK Ministry of Defence official leaked details of c.19,000 #Afghans who applied to move to 🇬🇧 after the #Taliban seized power.
2023: The info was put on #Facebook.
Of 231 people notified of the breach, 49 say a colleague or family member was then killed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
2023: The info was put on #Facebook.
Of 231 people notified of the breach, 49 say a colleague or family member was then killed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At least 49 relatives and colleagues of Afghans in data leak have been killed, study suggests
Research also finds 200 of 231 people notified by MoD of breach reported threats to themselves or families
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
2022: A #UK Ministry of Defence official leaked details of c.19,000 #Afghans who applied to move to 🇬🇧 after the #Taliban seized power.
2023: The info was put on #Facebook.
Of 231 people notified of the breach, 49 say a colleague or family member was then killed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
2023: The info was put on #Facebook.
Of 231 people notified of the breach, 49 say a colleague or family member was then killed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Last week's #ICJ 'Advisory Opinion' - regarding the "obligations of #Israel" re: the presence of #UN bodies & other organisations "in and in relation to the Occupied #Palestinian Territory" - was broken down by @emiliajkle.bsky.social for @opiniojuris.bsky.social 👇
opiniojuris.org/2025/10/25/o...
opiniojuris.org/2025/10/25/o...
Obligations of Israel in Relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations: The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion in a Nutshell
[Emilia Klebanowski is a PhD candidate in international human rights law at Radboud University. Her research explores reparations for gross human rights violations.] On 22 October 2025, the Interna…
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October 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Last week's #ICJ 'Advisory Opinion' - regarding the "obligations of #Israel" re: the presence of #UN bodies & other organisations "in and in relation to the Occupied #Palestinian Territory" - was broken down by @emiliajkle.bsky.social for @opiniojuris.bsky.social 👇
opiniojuris.org/2025/10/25/o...
opiniojuris.org/2025/10/25/o...
What are the Promises, Processes, and Pitfalls of International Criminal #Justice today?
Delighted to be bringing some wonderful speakers to #Amsterdam - researchers and practitioners - for an informal discussion and Q&A.
📍Thursday 4 December
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Delighted to be bringing some wonderful speakers to #Amsterdam - researchers and practitioners - for an informal discussion and Q&A.
📍Thursday 4 December
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[Expert Roundtable] Promises, Processes, and Pitfalls in International Criminal Justice Today
International justice, and international criminal trials, are very 'human' processes: they can be idealistic, emotional, flawed, and sometimes also messy, and even boring.
www.asser.nl
October 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
What are the Promises, Processes, and Pitfalls of International Criminal #Justice today?
Delighted to be bringing some wonderful speakers to #Amsterdam - researchers and practitioners - for an informal discussion and Q&A.
📍Thursday 4 December
Sign-up/More Info 👇
www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/e...
Delighted to be bringing some wonderful speakers to #Amsterdam - researchers and practitioners - for an informal discussion and Q&A.
📍Thursday 4 December
Sign-up/More Info 👇
www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/e...
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#Breaking Independent Catherine Connolly to become tenth President of Ireland after resounding election victory | Watch and follow live
Catherine Connolly to become 10th President of Ireland
Follow live updates as counts begin to come in from constituencies around the country with Catherine Connolly set to become the tenth President of Ireland.
www.rte.ie
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#Breaking Independent Catherine Connolly to become tenth President of Ireland after resounding election victory | Watch and follow live
Soldier F - who sat in the courtroom hidden by a curtain - has been found 'not guilty' of the murder of 2 people when the British army opened fire at a civil rights protest in #Derry, on 'Bloody Sunday', in 1972.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
Bloody Sunday: Soldier F found not guilty of all charges in Bloody Sunday murder trial
Soldier F - who cannot be named - was accused of murdering two people in Londonderry in 1972, plus five counts of attempted murder.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Soldier F - who sat in the courtroom hidden by a curtain - has been found 'not guilty' of the murder of 2 people when the British army opened fire at a civil rights protest in #Derry, on 'Bloody Sunday', in 1972.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
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A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Not guilty: Soldier F cleared in Bloody Sunday murder trial
A former paratrooper has been cleared of two murders during the Bloody Sunday shootings in 1972.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
🚨Today🚨
At 15:00 in #TheHague, the #ICJ will deliver its advisory opinion on "Obligations of #Israel... in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory".
This is separate from the #genocide case brought by #SouthAfrica in 2023. It was requested by the #UN General Assembly in December 2024👇
At 15:00 in #TheHague, the #ICJ will deliver its advisory opinion on "Obligations of #Israel... in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory".
This is separate from the #genocide case brought by #SouthAfrica in 2023. It was requested by the #UN General Assembly in December 2024👇
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The #Netherlands will, as early as next year, send rejected asylum seekers to #Uganda
The #VVD minister (currently) responsible for Foreign Affairs, and Asylum and #Migration, David van Weel, called the deal a “deterrent” to those who might wish to stay in 🇳🇱
www.ft.com/content/e999...
The #VVD minister (currently) responsible for Foreign Affairs, and Asylum and #Migration, David van Weel, called the deal a “deterrent” to those who might wish to stay in 🇳🇱
www.ft.com/content/e999...
Netherlands to send migrants to Uganda in Trump-like deal
Dutch government prepares to deport tens of failed asylum seekers and braces for legal challenges
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The #Netherlands will, as early as next year, send rejected asylum seekers to #Uganda
The #VVD minister (currently) responsible for Foreign Affairs, and Asylum and #Migration, David van Weel, called the deal a “deterrent” to those who might wish to stay in 🇳🇱
www.ft.com/content/e999...
The #VVD minister (currently) responsible for Foreign Affairs, and Asylum and #Migration, David van Weel, called the deal a “deterrent” to those who might wish to stay in 🇳🇱
www.ft.com/content/e999...
A jury in the #USA found BNP Paribas - a French bank - liable for #atrocities committed by the regime of Omar Al-Bashir in #Sudan
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas complicit in Sudan atrocities
The French banking giant said the ruling by a jury in New York was 'clearly wrong' and that it plans to appeal.
aje.io
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A jury in the #USA found BNP Paribas - a French bank - liable for #atrocities committed by the regime of Omar Al-Bashir in #Sudan
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
“The law of the #ICC was born out of European crimes but only applied so far to crimes committed outside of Europe...our request is simple: to apply the law impartially, also upon European nationals.”
Omer Shatz excoriated the international legal order's EU-blindness to @apnews.com
Omer Shatz excoriated the international legal order's EU-blindness to @apnews.com
"We did the work of the office of the prosecutor"
#humanrights lawyers yesterday filed a 700-pg brief @ #ICC accusing 122 #EU leaders of crimes against humanity against #migrants in the Mediterranean
Former #Dutch PM Mark #Rutte is joined by #Macron, #Orban, & others
crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en
#humanrights lawyers yesterday filed a 700-pg brief @ #ICC accusing 122 #EU leaders of crimes against humanity against #migrants in the Mediterranean
Former #Dutch PM Mark #Rutte is joined by #Macron, #Orban, & others
crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en
EU Crimes Against Humanity
Exposing Crimes Against Humanity of EU Officials
crimesagainsthumanity.eu
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“The law of the #ICC was born out of European crimes but only applied so far to crimes committed outside of Europe...our request is simple: to apply the law impartially, also upon European nationals.”
Omer Shatz excoriated the international legal order's EU-blindness to @apnews.com
Omer Shatz excoriated the international legal order's EU-blindness to @apnews.com
"We did the work of the office of the prosecutor"
#humanrights lawyers yesterday filed a 700-pg brief @ #ICC accusing 122 #EU leaders of crimes against humanity against #migrants in the Mediterranean
Former #Dutch PM Mark #Rutte is joined by #Macron, #Orban, & others
crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en
#humanrights lawyers yesterday filed a 700-pg brief @ #ICC accusing 122 #EU leaders of crimes against humanity against #migrants in the Mediterranean
Former #Dutch PM Mark #Rutte is joined by #Macron, #Orban, & others
crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en
EU Crimes Against Humanity
Exposing Crimes Against Humanity of EU Officials
crimesagainsthumanity.eu
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"We did the work of the office of the prosecutor"
#humanrights lawyers yesterday filed a 700-pg brief @ #ICC accusing 122 #EU leaders of crimes against humanity against #migrants in the Mediterranean
Former #Dutch PM Mark #Rutte is joined by #Macron, #Orban, & others
crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en
#humanrights lawyers yesterday filed a 700-pg brief @ #ICC accusing 122 #EU leaders of crimes against humanity against #migrants in the Mediterranean
Former #Dutch PM Mark #Rutte is joined by #Macron, #Orban, & others
crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en
Immense reporting by @reuters.com
#Assad's 'Operation Move Earth': secret excavation & transfer of thousands of bodies of regime-victims from one mass grave to another.
A colonel - "master of cleansing" - spent nearly a decade organising the burying of Assad’s dead.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
#Assad's 'Operation Move Earth': secret excavation & transfer of thousands of bodies of regime-victims from one mass grave to another.
A colonel - "master of cleansing" - spent nearly a decade organising the burying of Assad’s dead.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Immense reporting by @reuters.com
#Assad's 'Operation Move Earth': secret excavation & transfer of thousands of bodies of regime-victims from one mass grave to another.
A colonel - "master of cleansing" - spent nearly a decade organising the burying of Assad’s dead.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
#Assad's 'Operation Move Earth': secret excavation & transfer of thousands of bodies of regime-victims from one mass grave to another.
A colonel - "master of cleansing" - spent nearly a decade organising the burying of Assad’s dead.
www.reuters.com/investigates...