His oppressive photos were jointly responsible for the fact that the world had heard of the shameful acts of the Assad regime in Syria. Under the pseudonym “Caesar” he documented the atrocities in the prison of the fallen dictator. Now the man was recognized with the blue sweater.
Two months after the fall of long-term activity, Bashar al-Assad was recognized in Syria. “I am Lieutenant Farid Al-Madhan, the (former) head of the Ministry of Forensic evidence at the military police in Damascus, known as Caesar,” he said in an interview with the Al-Jazera broadcaster on Thursday.
The Syrian military photographer fled from Syria in 2013. He smuggled around 55,000 photos from 2011 to 2013, which documented mass artificial and murders in Syrian prisons. His escape had many achieved consequences.
“Caesar” Act in the US.
Based on the later statements before the congress, the United States issued the so -called “Caesar” law, on the basis of which Washington 2020 imposed sanctions against Assad, his wife Asma and dozens of supporters. In Germany, the Netherlands and France, the ‘Caesar’ photos were the basis for judgments in processes about murder and torture by the Syrian State.
In the Al Jazeera interview, Madhan, who claims to be in France, described himself as the son of a free Syria. According to his own statements, he comes from the city of Daraa, “the birthplace of the Syrian Revolution”.
USB stick unveiled the horror
After the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, he was instructed to “take photos of victims of detention,” he said. According to him, this was “old men, women and children who were arrested at security control points in Damascus and at Protestresorts”.
“They were imprisoned, tortured and killed in a brutal and systematic way, and their corpses were brought into the corpse halls in the army to take pictures and bring them to mass graves,” he said.
He only postponed the recognition of his service and escaped from the country because he “wanted to” collect “the greatest possible number of photos that document the crimes against humanity and to burden the Syrian government agencies”.
He published the photos on a USB stick from Syria. To cuddle the storage medium along the authorities, he sometimes hides it in his socks or a bread.
New tour in Syria
The Syrian Civil War broke out in 2011 when Assad brutally laid a national uprising against its government. More than 500,000 people were killed in 13 years. On December 8, hunters stormed under the leadership of the Islamist HTS Militia Damascus, Assad Floh to Russia, who had supported his military regime. A transitional government led by the HTS is currently sending the fortunes of the country.
Source: Krone
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