The judicial branch of Syria is made up of several types of courts including civil, criminal, military, security, and religious. These UK-funded firms functioned as full-time PR flacks for the extremist-dominated Syrian armed opposition.


During this time, the government was changed to a wide range of systems, everything from multi-partyism to nationalism. In 2019, Joe Biden announced his bid for the candidacy of the Democratic presidential nominee for 2020 election. The firm set up Syrian opposition media offices in Dera’a, Syria; Istanbul and Reyhanli, Turkey; and Amman, Jordan. ARK ran the social media accounts of the White Helmets, and helped turn the Western-funded group into a key propaganda weapon of the Syrian opposition. Today the Netherlands announced its decision to hold Syria responsible under international law for gross human rights violations and torture in particular. THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government announced Friday it is holding Syria responsible under international law for “gross human rights violations,” in a process that could ultimately trigger a case at the United Nations’ highest court. "For years, thousands have been systematically starved, beaten, and tortured to their deaths in Syria's prisons. While Dutch prosecutors prepare war crimes charges against the Syrian government for fighting off the onslaught, the leaked files are a reminder of the leading role that Western states and their war-profiteering companies played in the carefully organized destruction of the country.

2020, vetoed by both Russia and China in May 2014. During this time, the government was changed to a wide range of systems, everything from multi-partyism to nationalism. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office clarified that the sanctions are part of a “coordinated international approach with Canada, in a bid to uphold democratic values and put pressure on those responsible for repression.”.

As per the Constitution, the President serves a 7-year term and may be re-elected one additional time. The Dutch government asked Syria to enter into negotiations, saying that doing so is "a necessary first step in dispute settlement.". It is the responsibility of the executive branch to administer the law as dictated by the legislative branch. Updated 8:40 PM ET, Sat September 19, 2020. I think that the is acceptance that perhaps the prices that some soldiers have been involved in have taken Fawzi Long. Albany boasted that it “secured the participation of an extensive local network of over 55 stringers, reporters and videographers” to influence media narratives and advance UK foreign policy interests. In its trainings, ARK developed opposition spokespeople, taught them how to speak with the press, and then helped arrange interviews with mainstream Arabic- and English-language media outlets. The Western contractor took credit for organizing a 2014 BBC interview with Ahmad Jarba, the then-president of the opposition National Coalition.

The historic agreement normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should boost efforts towards achieving regional peace and a brighter future for generations to come, the UAE’s Foreign Affairs Minister told the UN General Assembly in a pre-recorded speech broadcast on Tuesday. "All those, particularly governments, that have been appalled by the widespread brutality documented in Syria should publicly welcome this step and explore similar ways to assert the rule of law," Jarrah said in a statement released Friday. That's obviously a good thing torture isn't does not mean that torture is a lesser crime.

Following the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and Bahrain and Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a growing number of Arab diplomats believe Syria is now conducting secret negotiations with the Jewish state.

From 1946 through the 1960’s, the country experienced political unrest and several successful military coups. “We connected international journalists with Syrians living in besieged Homs,” InCoStrat explained. While international efforts to bring Syrian officials to justice have floundered, a German court has attempted to break down the wall of impunity with a case against a man accused of running a government detention center where thousands were tortured during the early months of the uprising against Assad. A lasting political solution in Syria is only possible if there is no impunity.

These files provide clear insight into how the Syrian opposition was cultivated by Western governments with imperial designs on Damascus, and was kept afloat with staggering sums of cash that flowed from the pockets of British taxpayers – often to the benefit of fanatical militiamen allied with Al Qaeda. Between the years of 1936 and 1946, Syria negotiated, demanded, and planned for its independence from France. The Syrian city of Idlib was taken over by al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, which then went on to publicly execute women who were accused of adultery. Jarrah added. Its Arabic Facebook page had over 500,000 followers, and on YouTube it built up a large following as well. Founded in 2011 in the anti-Assad hub of Daraya, at the beginning of the war, Enab Baladi was aggressively marketed in the Western press as a grassroots Syrian media operation. A devastating family tragedy threatened to end his career, but he persevered on bravely. The intelligence cutout therefore sought to use the media as a weapon to advance tangible political demands of the Syrian opposition. “Key members of InCoStrat have previously worked as Middle East correspondents for some of the world’s largest news agencies including Reuters,” the Western contractor added. In 2015, she formally announced her candidacy for the presidency in the 2016 election and was formally nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Syria - Syria - Local government: Syria is divided into governorates (one of which, Damascus, is a governorate-level city), manāṭiq (districts), and nawāḥī (subdistricts).
By Amber Pariona on April 1 2019 in Politics. It brands itself as a humanitarian NGO, claiming it “was created in order to assist the most vulnerable,” by establishing a “social enterprise,  empowering local communities through the provision of agile and sustainable interventions to create greater stability, opportunity and hope for the future.”. Updated 9:02 am EDT, Friday, September 18, 2020 A UN Security Council resolution backed by more than 60 countries to refer the Syrian conflict to the International Criminal Court was vetoed by both Russia and China in May 2014. This government has already, brazenly, admitted that it is prepared to violate international law with the internal market bill. Many of these Western-backed opposition groups in Syria were extremist Salafi-jihadists. A Syrian rebel fighter pictured in 2016. Roughly 5.6 million Syrians have fled the country since 2011, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and some 6.6 million people are displaced internally.

Syria is formally a unitary republic. This time no doubt, the prod is against the Labour leader as a former director of public prosecutions. When internal emails were leaked showing that the massive opposition media platform Basma Syria was funded by the United States and Britain, Albany wrote, “the Basma brand has been compromised following leaks about funding project aims.”. UN-backed investigators in the 21st report from the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, pointed Tuesday, September 15, 2020, to signs that Syria’s government continues to perpetrate rape, torture and murder as the country’s nine-year conflict grinds on, while citing possible war crimes by a Turkey-backed coalition of rebel groups and calling on Ankara to do more to help prevent them. If the two countries can’t resolve the dispute, the Dutch government can propose arbitration and if that fails, the Netherlands “will submit the case to an international court,” the ministry said.

They won again in 2012. This confirms a 2016 report in The Grayzone by contributor Rania Khalek, who obtained emails showing how the UK government-backed RFS media office offered to pay one journalist a staggering $17,000 per month to produce propaganda for Syrian rebels. It is ironic timing that the overseas operations bill returns to parliament next week, not long after questions of international law dominated the political agenda. She was also the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election which she lost to her Republican opponent Donald Trump. The Netherlands has been working for years to obtain justice for the victims of human rights violations in Syria. Last week, the not-so-hidden jibe was against Sir Keir Starmer as a “remainer lawyer”. Since in 1961, the country has been ruled by the Syrian Ba’ath party and has experienced decades of international conflict and internal violence.

On 9 and 10 September, a former cemetery worker testified to gruesome details of the Syrian regime's torture programme in the so-called al-Khatib trial, which is taking place in Koblenz, Germany.

The federal prosecutor's office said police searched three houses in the western canton (state) of Fribourg early Friday as part of two criminal investigations into alleged extremist activity. They will echo key messages linked to the coordinated local campaigns across all media, with consortium platforms able to cover this messaging as well and encourage other outlets to pick it up.”. In 2014, Albany boasted of running the Syrian National Coalition’s communications team at the Geneva Peace talks. She has never failed to impress her peers with her bold attitude and sophisticated demeanor.

The Netherlands holds Syria responsible for gross human rights violations. The British contractor TGSN, which worked alongside ARK, developed its own outlet called the “Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office (RFS),” a leaked document shows.

(Xinhua) "We remain ready to support Israelis and Palestinians in this regard and... Turkey had not sent fighters from Syria to Azerbaijan after the country declared that it was in a state of war with neighbouring Armeni, an aide to Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, announced yesterday. Dutch government seeks to hold Syria accountable for torture. “With ARK’s guidance, TSC (The Syria Campaign) also attended ARK’s civil defence training sessions to create media content for its #WhiteHelmets campaign which launched in August 2014 and has since gone viral,” the Western contractor added. He won the 1972 U.S. Senate election in Delaware when he was just 29 and assumed office the next year. The Western contractor ARK was a central force in launching the White Helmets operation. All of the firms named in the files were contracted by the British government, but many also were running “multi-donor projects” that received funding from the governments of the United States and other Western European countries. If no agreement can be reached on this issue, the Netherlands will submit the case to an international court.

The government decided at the last minute to make British troops immune from prosecution for torture under a controversial new law, MPs have been told. An astute businessman and charismatic leader, he built and renovated numerous hotels, casinos, and office towers during his business career, accumulating a net worth of billions.