Geneva, Switzerland—UN war crimes investigators Sunday described Bashar al-Assad's fall from power as a 'historic new beginning' for Syrians, urging those
United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria chairperson Paulo Pinheiro Geneva, Switzerland—UN war crimes investigators Sunday described Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power as a “historic new beginning” for Syrians, urging those taking charge to ensure the “atrocities” committed under his regime are not repeated.
He pointed in particular to the “prisoners being released after decades in arbitrary detention from the infamous Sednaya Prison outside Damascus,” in a “scene that millions of Syrians could not have imagined a few days ago.” “This should bring immense relief to the freed individuals and their families and offers hope to those still awaiting news of the tens of thousands of disappeared loved ones,” it added.
Fellow commissioner Hanny Megally, meanwhile, welcomed the fact that “the long and arduous search for Syria’s disappeared now has a chance to progress exponentially.”
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