"December 2015"--Table of contents page. "This report was written by Priyanka Motaparthy, researcher in the Emergencies division, and Nadim Houry, deputy director in the Middle East and North Africa division"--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Acknowledgments. The Caesar Photographs -- Deaths in Custody -- Verifying the Photographs: The Stories of the Victims -- Causes of Death -- Procedures After Death -- Recommendations: A Lethal Environment: Disease, Bad Hygiene, Hunger, and Lack of Medical Care -- To the UN Security Council -- To Syrian and International Groups Working on the Missing in Syria -- To the Government of Syria -- To Russia and Iran -- To All Countries -- Methodology -- Background: Enforced Disappearances, Torture and Deaths in Detention -- I. Caesar Photographs: Caesar's Story and the Public Posting of the Images -- Human Rights Watch Analysis of Caesar Photographs -- II. Naming the Dead: Profiles of Victims from the Caesar Photographs -- Abdullah Arslan al-Hariri -- Khalid Hadla -- Osama Hussein Salim -- Ayham Ghazzoul -- Ahmad al-Musalmani, Child -- Rehab al-Allawi -- Oqba al-Mashaan -- Mohammed Tariq Majid -- III. Causes of Deaths in Detention -- A Lethal Environment: Disease, Bad Hygiene, Hunger, and Lack of Medical Care -- Torture and Beatings Leading to Death -- IV. Procedures after Death -- Role of the Security Branch -- Transfer to Military Hospitals -- Procedures in 601 Military Hospital and Harasta Military Hospital -- Death Certificates and Disposal of the Bodies -- V. Enforced Disappearances and Families' Anguish -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
"This report lays out new evidence regarding the authenticity of what are known as the Caesar photographs, identifies a number of the victims, and highlights some of the key causes of death. Human Rights Watch located and interviewed 33 relatives and friends of 27 victims whose cases researchers verified; 37 former detainees who saw people die in detention; and four defectors who worked in Syrian government detention centers or the military hospitals where most of the photographs were taken. Using satellite imagery and geolocation techniques, Human Rights Watch confirmed that some of the photographs of the dead were taken in the courtyard of the 601 Military Hospital in Mezze"--Publisher's description.
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