The Case Against Assad

At an undisclosed location in Western Europe, a group called the Commission for International Justice and Accountability—CIJA—is gathering evidence of war crimes perpetrated by the Syrian government. It’s unclear when or how Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might ever stand trial, and securing the evidence is extremely dangerous. But CIJA is hoping to build the strongest war-crimes case since Nazi officials were tried at Nuremberg. Ben Taub, who recently wrote about CIJA for The New Yorker, interviewed members of the group and a witness who described being tortured by the Assad regime.

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