Esperanza Productions started showing the documentary “BRINGING ASSAD TO JUSTICE” in the German capital, Berlin, a few days ago, where the organizers aim to document the crimes committed by the Syrian regime in the past ten years.
The producing company describes its work "Bringing Bashar al-Assad to Justice" as "the remarkable story of the against-the-odds effort to make one of the worst regimes of our time responsible for heinous crimes unparalleled since the Nazis."
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In its introductory text on the link to the film, the company says that "never before in history has evidence been collected, despite the great risks, against any regime for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity more than the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria."
The film is directed by Anne Daly and Ronan Tynan, and the film relies on several sources condemning the Syrian regime and its supporters, the most important of which are the United Nations, international lawyers and independent human rights organizations.
The film's promotional clip shows scenes from the prisons and detention centers of the Syrian regime and the detainees being beaten and abused by the regime's forces. It also contains scenes from the photos leaked by the defected Syrian military "Caesar" of thousands of deaths under torture in Syria.
The clip included pictures of foreign journalists who were killed by the regime forces, as well as written documents bearing the signature of Assad and the leaders of the security branches during their dealings with the beginning of the peaceful movement in Syria in the spring of 2011.
The film "Al-Assad's Presentation to Justice" exposes the crimes of the Assad regime, including bombing with barrel bombs, use of chemicals, torture, murder under torture, enforced disappearance and displacement (communication sites)
Documents and evidence
Syrian lawyer and human rights activist Anwar al-Bunni, who is one of the participants in the work, said that the film follows the efforts of lawyers, activists and organizations to collect evidence and present it to the courts, and the methods that enable them to start opening the files of these trials, and shows that these trials and these evidence are sufficient to convict Bashar al-Assad himself with the documents that Sign it.
Al-Bunni added in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net that the film exposes all the crimes committed by the Assad regime, including bombing with barrel bombs, use of chemical weapons, torture, killing under torture, enforced disappearance and displacement, "and then it highlights the efforts made by activists, organizations and international lawyers, so that this evidence is convincing before The courts that enabled us to open files to prosecute criminals and those involved in Europe."
Esperanza Productions presented another documentary film about Syria in 2018, called "The Impossible Revolution". In 2016, most of the residents of the eastern neighborhoods were displaced.
Award winning documentaries
Syrian and foreign directors and photojournalists succeeded in presenting several documentaries that dealt with the course of the Syrian revolution, focusing on the human suffering of the Syrian people during the war waged by the regime against its opponents.
Some of the works achieved a wide spread, and participated in international festivals and deserved international awards, most notably “The Last Men in Aleppo”, which bore the signature of Syrian director Firas Fayyad, and dealt with the sacrifices of the Syrian Civil Defense and their heroism in saving civilians from under the rubble in Aleppo, as the film took place in 2018 Emmy Award for Best Documentary on Current Events in New York City.
The Syrian film "For Sama" by Syrian director Waad Al-Khatib won the British Academy Film Award "BAFTA" for the best documentary film in 2020, and the film highlights the life of a young Syrian woman in Aleppo during the siege imposed by the Syrian regime on the city outside its control.