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The plan for holding the Assad regime accountable for atrocities needs a ‘factory reset’
In this article for Middle East Eye, prominent lawyers and Syrian human rights advocates tell Sondos Asem they are cautiously optimistic about transitional justice...
The path to justice for Assad’s victims: Interview with Toby Cadman
In this video, Toby Cadman, international law expert and co-founder of The Guernica 37 Group, speaks to Middle East Eye's Sondos Asem about the...
An interview with Agnes Callamard after major Amnesty International report on Gaza genocide
In this interview with Sondos Asem, the secretary general of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, urged British politicians to revise their denial that genocide is being committed in...
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How Amnesty International concluded that Israel has genocidal intent in Gaza
In this article for Middle East Eye, Sondos Asem explains how Amnesty International found there was sufficient evidence of Israel's 'specific intent' to destroy...
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Will Netanyahu be arrested if he lands in the UK? Explainer on immunity rules
In this explainer for Middle East Eye, Sondos Asem unpacks the loopholes in UK law and ICC law that are likely to be used...
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Francesca Albanese on the future of international law after Gaza genocide
In an in-depth interview with Sondos Asem in London, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese spoke with Middl East Eye about her...
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Arundhati Roy shares PEN Pinter Prize with Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Egyptian-British writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named Writer of Courage 2024 by the association of writers, English PEN.
The award was announced by Indian-British writer Arundhati Roy at...
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Israel’s war on Gaza: What the international courts have said
Israel’s war on Gaza has seen cases brought against it in both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC).
They result from the...
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Egypt’s military ties with Somalia defy Ethiopian ambitions and tilt power dynamic
A military pact between Cairo and Mogadishu has heightened tensions with Ethiopia, with analysts saying that the planned deployment of Egyptian troops in Somalia...
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Egypt’s Sisi visits Turkey for first time after 12-year rift with Erdogan
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday in his first official visit to Turkey since becoming president 10 years ago. In...
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Exclusive: Palestinian cancer patients stranded in Egypt struggle to find care
Hundreds of Palestinians with cancer, evacuated to Egypt during the Gaza war, are either going without medical treatment or receiving limited care in Egyptian...