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Resources on Syria and intentional, attentive and intersectional solidarity from free Syrians with causes of liberation across the world.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today, mass demonstrations are expected to erupt all over the city after Friday prayers. The first Friday prayers where imams stand on the pulpit giving a sermon to free Syrians in a free Syria, where they are free truly to say what they want - outside of state control.

Today in Syria, for the first time ever, nobody fears live bullets, snipers, tear gas and bombs as we take to reclaim our country. Nobody will be covering their faces out of fear. Nobody will be bargaining with their lives as our people fill up the streets in jubilation, mourning and celebration. Our streets in our Syria.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Protests largely would start after Friday prayers in the mosque, and make their way down to town squares. The Assad regime used to respond with live ammunition, snipers, bombs and tear gas. Tanks would pull up to disperse, kill and obstruct.

Many demonstrations would turn into funerals, and many funerals would turn into demonstrations. Repeatedly, the regime would kill mourners in funeral processions. There was no safety from what was to come in those protests despite the safety people felt among each other, and many of those eventually forcibly disappeared were picked up from those demonstrations.

Countless stories exist of families fearing for their loved ones in those Friday demonstrations. Countless stories exist of them fighting over it, of those who stayed at home waiting fearfully for them to come home, and countless stories exist of those who never did return home.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Fridays, aside being the most important day of the week for Muslims, are fundamental to the Syrian revolution as the day where mass demonstrations erupt all over the city simultaneously - demanding the fall of the Assad regime.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Hafez Assad came into power in March 1971. Ever since, Syria had been held hostage to the Assad regime — until 8th December 2024. Today is the Friday in an Assad-free Syria.

Today is the first Assad-free Friday in Syria since March 1971.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Through the advocacy and effort of Syrian civil society, some European entities are taking independent strides to bring the Assad regime to justice.

Through the advocacy and efforts of Syrian civil society, some European countries are taking steps to pursue justice for the war crimes committed by the Assad regime. Landmark cases include Germany’s conviction of Anwar Raslan for crimes against humanity, France’s arrest warrant for Bashar Assad’s chemical attack massacres, and Switzerland’s charges against Rifaat al-Assad for his crimes against humanity in the 1982 Hama massacre.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

How was Netanyahu’s arrest warrant issued when Israel is not party to the ICC?

Whilst Israel is not party to the Rome Statute, Palestine is. In 2015, Palestine accepted the ICC's jurisdiction, granting it the authority to investigate alleged crimes committed on its territory, including the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.

The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber ruled in 2021 that it has jurisdiction over crimes committed in these areas. This applies to individuals regardless of their nationality, meaning Israeli officials can be investigated when their committed crimes are determined within these territories.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

What recent historic ICC decisions could re-open the door for Syria’s situation? The ICC’s jurisdiction over the deportation of the Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Syria’s pathway to the ICC was closed due to the veto and its not being a member state. That said, recent historic ICC decisions could re-open the door for Syria’s situation.

In 2018, the ICC ruled it had jurisdiction over the deportation of the Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh, despite Myanmar not being an ICC member. The deportation was classified as a crime against humanity, as part of a broader attack on civilians, which partly occurred in the territory of an ICC member (Bangladesh).

This ruling is pivotal for Syria, where similar violence has driven over 630,000 Syrians into Jordan, an ICC member state. Just as Myanmar’s military operations led to Rohingya fleeing, Syria’s brutal tactics—bombings, chemical attacks, and torture—have caused displacement across the border. Jordan’s ratification of the Rome Statute could open a path for the ICC to investigate the crime against humanity of deportation.

Ongoing efforts are being pursued on this by Syrian civil society organisations.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Syria has not ratified the Rome Statute and vetoes by Russia and China in the UN Security Council have blocked the possibility of referrals.

Syria has not ratified the Rome Statute

The ICC only has jurisdiction over crimes committed in countries that are party to the Rome Statute, which is the ICC's founding treaty, or when a country accepts its jurisdiction. Syria didn’t ratify the Rome Statute, so the ICC does not have automatic jurisdiction over crimes committed there.

Blocked UNSC referral

The ICC can gain jurisdiction over non-signatory states if the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) refers the case. However, Russia and China, both permanent members of the UNSC with veto power, have consistently blocked resolutions to refer Syria to the ICC. Russia, in particular, is a close ally of the Assad regime and has a vested interest in protecting it from international prosecution.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Why has Assad not yet been tried by the International Criminal Court? We break it down (this time with alt text):

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Through the advocacy and effort of Syrian civil society, some European entities are taking independent strides to bring the Assad regime to justice.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

How was Netanyahu’s arrest warrant issued when Israel is not party to the ICC?

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

What recent historic ICC decisions could re-open the door for Syria’s situation? The ICC’s jurisdiction over the deportation of the Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Syria has not ratified the Rome Statue and vetoes by Russia and China in the UN Security Council have blocked the possibility of referrals.

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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Why has Assad not yet been tried by the International Criminal Court? We break it down:

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