Summary

Mass graves uncovered in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow reveal evidence of systematic atrocities, with over 100,000 people tortured and killed in what a top war crimes prosecutor described as the worst abuses “since the Nazis.”

Assad’s regime operated a “machinery of death,” involving mass disappearances, torture, and secret burials.

Rebel forces freed thousands of political prisoners, but many remain missing.

International efforts aim to document war crimes, though Assad, now in Russia, is unlikely to face trial.

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    How “whatabout” that.

    Stop trying to shove this news under the carpet with your “I know worse but I won’t tell you!!1!”

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      5 hours ago

      I’m trying to point out that history didn’t start and end in WWII, and pointing to something just as bad happening right now.