CIJA welcomes @bellingcat´s follow-up on our probe into Syria´s #disinformation networks 1/

bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/1…
@N_Waters89´s extensive report details the working methods of yet another group in the far-reaching web of actors targeting Syria accountability groups – Berlin Group 21: 2/
Along with the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and the Media, BG21 is committed to sowing doubt about #OPCW investigations of #Assad regime use of chemical weapons against civilians 3/
These latest revelations about the Syria disinformation network set out in detail the great lengths to which these groups are willing to go in their efforts to detail the course of justice and accountability in Syria 4/
For more about @CIJAOnline´s role in unravelling the dense web of Moscow and Damascus-aligned groups, read our official statement on the Syria disinformation campaign 5/
cijaonline.org/news/2021/3/26…
While the scope of @CIJAOnline´s initial objectives in conducting the investigation was narrow and grounded in serious concerns for the safety of our personnel witnesses and evidence, the breadth and significance of the probe’s findings motivated their public disclosure 6/
Further findings are still to be disclosed and @CIJAOnline remains committed to supporting all efforts to expose and challenge those who perpetuate denial and revisionism regarding the ongoing atrocities committed in Syria 7/

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More from @CIJAOnline

8 Apr
The extended cut of @BBCRadion4´s Mayday – The Evidence Gatherers is now available online.

Listen to the longform version for @chloehadj´s full account of CIJA´s probe into the #Syria Disinformation Campaign:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…
In Dec 2020, CIJA Executive Director Bill Wiley received an email from Prof Paul McKeigue of @EdinburghUni, a member of the “Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and the Media” – the same group that had targeted the White Helmets, Mayday and its founder, James Le Mesurier.
The email indicated that the Working Group was preparing a report on CIJA, but “it was obvious that this group had no interest in the facts” CIJA Director @NermaJelacic tells @chloehadj
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6 Apr
“Wars are fought with guns and bombs and stories…but there are people who twist and flip the narrative”

LIVE NOW on @BBCRadio4: Mayday: The Evidence Gatherers
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
“When we found copies of orders and directives that had come down from Damascus, from the top, I knew we´ve got enough for some prosecutor to indict the top guys" Bill Wiley on CIJA evidence

LIVE NOW on @BBCRadio4:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
“The Syrian state and its Russian allies have always rejected claims that the regime is guilty of systematic war crimes...they hope whatever happened in the last ten years will be forgotten - but the paperwork in CIJA´s archive is going to make forgetting a lot harder”
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