Syria: Witnesses for the Prosecution

Meet the evidence hunters risking it all to collect and document evidence of war crimes committed during Syria's war.

For the past five years, ordinary Syrians have been collecting evidence of war crimes committed against civilians during the country's ongoing civil war. 

We will punish these criminals. We believe that the victims have the right to see their torturers judged. Abdelkader, director of the Syrian Institute for Justice

They film, take photographs and collect physical evidence in the hope that one day the perpetrators will be punished.

They have recovered military orders, collected bomb fragments, taken toxic samples, filmed mutilated bodies and archived thousands of testimonies to make sure the trace of evidence does not disappear.