Syrian Military Photographer Smuggles Out 55,000 Photos That Document Syrian Government War Crimes (Updated)

Eyes Gouged Out, Electrocuted, Strangled: Sickening Dossier Of 55,000 Torture Pictures 'Smuggled Out Of Syria Which Prove Assad Has Committed War Crimes' -- Daily Mail

  * WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
  * Witness said he was tasked to record deaths in custody from 2011 to 2013
  * There are 55,000 photos which lawyers say are evidence of extreme torture
  * Images used to provide death certificates without family seeing bodies
  * An estimated 11,000 corpses are shown in the photos presented to inquiry
  * Leaked by military policeman who photographed up to 50 bodies a day
  * Report made by ex-war crimes prosecutors who deem witness 'credible'
  * Dossier commissioned by British lawyers for Qatar which supports rebels

A military police photographer has smuggled out of Syria evidence of the torture and killing of 11,000 detainees, according to a report by three former war crimes prosecutors.

The shocking images show emaciated corpses with strangulation marks, cuts, bruising and signs of electrocution – evidence of extreme torture, claim investigators. Some victims had no eyes.

The 55,000 photos will ratchet up the pressure on President Bashar Al Assad who the US and its Western allies – including the UK – say has committed war crimes against his own people.

Assad denies the claims, insisting he is fighting terrorists.

The 31-page report - released by The Guardian and CNN - was commissioned by Carter-Ruck solicitors in London on behalf of Qatar, a supporter of the Syrian uprising.

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More News On Photographs That Document Syrian Government War Crimes

EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome Syria Photos May Prove Torture By Assad Regime -- CNN
Evidence of 'industrial-scale killing' by Syria spurs call for war crimes charges -- The Guardian
Report: Expert says evidence shows systematic torture by Assad regime -- UPI
Report alleges torture, mass killings by Syrian government -- NBC
War Crimes Experts Call Syrian Defector’s Photographs ‘Direct Evidence’ of Assad’s ‘Killing Machine’ -- New York Times/The Lede
Report: Syria tortured and executed 11,000 -- Al Jazeera
Syrians accuse Assad regime of 'systemic' torture -- USA Today
Report claims Syrian government behind 'systematic killing' of 11,000 detainees -- FOX News
Syria defector's photos depict 'systematic torture and killing' of detainees -- CBC/Reuters
‘Systematic Torture and Killing’ — a New Report Points Fingers at Syria’s Assad -- Time
Photos of Syrian torture victims pile pressure on Assad -- Euronews
Syrian Government 'Systematically' Killed 11,000 Detainees, According To New Report -- Business Insider
Human Rights Watch Criticizes Inaction on Syria -- New York Times
Rights Group: World’s Syria Response ‘Painfully Narrow’ -- Voice of America

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