Amer matar عامر مطر
@amermatar.bsky.social
A Syrian investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker with 20+ years’ experience, founder of the Prisons Museum. director of Syria Mobile Film Festival (2013-2018). https://prisons.museum https://linktr.ee/amer.mattr
Guterres walked through Saydnaya. But Saydnaya was one prison among more than a hundred —and around 95 are reportedly back in use: same cells, new jailers, no oversight. The archives stay closed; not one family has a documented answer about a missing relative. One prison is shown.The system runs on.
Got my copy of The Blood Between Us: Syria’s Revolutionary Transition by @qunfuz.bsky.social today.I’m looking forward to reading it.Robin has followed Syria for many years with care, honesty, and a sharp eye for the details that often get lost.I’m also glad to find a small quote of mine in the book
In Feb 2025, I returned to Syria and walked back into Branch 251 — the cell where Assad’s intelligence first detained me in 2011. I found new prisoners sitting on the same floor. My new piece on why the new Syria has not dismantled the old prison system: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
“There Is Nothing More Nightmarish” — The Dial
The new Syria has not dismantled the old prison system.
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À Berlin, une exposition saisissante reconstitue en 3D la prison syrienne de Saidnaya
L’ancien centre de détention de la Stasi à Berlin accueille, jusqu’au 27 septembre 2026, une exposition consacrée à la prison de Saidnaya, symbole de la répression du régime de Bachar Al Assad. Cette ...
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In April 2026, Amjad Youssef confessed to killing 40 people “on his own initiative.” Our new investigation reveals a different story: 22 internal documents from Assad’s Military Intelligence Division show orders, a chain of command, and multiple branches involved. aljumhuriya.net/en/2026/05/1...
The Internal Dossier of the Tadamon Massacre
How the Military Intelligence Division Handled the Massacre After Its Exposure
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سجن صيدنايا السوري في برلين… معرض عن الذاكرة والقمع والعدالة www.alquds.co.uk?p=4650806
سجن صيدنايا السوري في برلين... معرض عن الذاكرة والقمع والعدالة
يدخل الزائر إلى نصب هوهنشونهاوزن التذكاري في برلين، وهو سجنٌ سابق ارتبط بتاريخ الاعتقال السياسي في ألمانيا الشرقية، ليجد نفسه أمام سجنٍ آخر: صيدنايا، على بعد 30 كيلومتراً شمال دمشق. لكن هذا الانتقال ل...
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I’m pleased to share this recent article in the German newspaper taz, highlighting our work on documenting Saydnaya prison and preserving the memory of Syria’s detention system. taz.de/Syrisches-Fo... #Syria #Saydnaya #Documentation #HumanRights #TransitionalJustice #CollectiveMemory
Syrisches Foltergefängnis Saidnaja: Zwischen Mauern der Gewalt
Das Saidnaja-Gefängnis war ein Ort der Grausamkeit. Eine Ausstellung in der Berliner Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen wagt eine erste Aufarbeitung.
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One Thousand and One Nights in Saydnaya Prison We are exhibiting this old Arabic volume in our Berlin exhibition on Saydnaya Prison. It contains three stories — Judar, The Girls of Baghdad, and Qamar al-Zaman — and belonged to the prison library built by prisoners over many years in the 1990s.
We are exhibiting this old Arabic edition of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Werther in our Berlin exhibition, alongside a wider collection of books and personal belongings from Saydnaya Prison — including letters, hidden messages, and other traces of prison life.
Now open in Berlin Sednaya Prison Exhibition: The Architecture of Repression and Killing in Syria 26.03.2026 – 27.09.2026 Genslerstrasse 66, 13055 Berlin-Hohenschönhausen We welcome visitors daily during official opening hours.
I spoke at length in this DW Arabic interview about the reuse of Assad regime prisons, the inheritance of prison systems in Syria, and my last detention in September. I also tried to address a central question: has the prison nightmare truly ended in post-Assad Syria? youtu.be/bdZ-7NmZnPM?...
عامر مطر - هل انتهى كابوس السجون في سوريا؟ | سوريا لوين؟
YouTube video by DW عربية
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What did it mean for Syrian families to visit a loved one inside Saydnaya Military Prison? This video investigation focuses on the visit itself: the procedures, the waiting, and the suffering that accompanied every attempt by families to see detained sons and relatives. youtu.be/Y0dYaFc-6uM?...
the visitation inside Saydnaya Military Prison - الزيارة في سجن صيدنايا العسكري
YouTube video by Prisons Museum - متحف السجون
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I recently spoke with @Daraj_media about memory, justice, and the long road from detention and exile to return. I shared a glimpse of my recent arrest in Syria, and the continuing risks faced by journalists and human rights defenders there. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/xZP5_QWO4H0 #Syria #Justice
عامر مطر: "أنا عايش بين السجون"
YouTube video by Daraj Media
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We’re excited to launch the Prisons Museum Foundation website: www.prisons.museum/en A platform dedicated to documenting prisons, preserving memory, and amplifying survivors’ voices. #PrisonsMuseum #Memory #Justice #HumanRights
عن متحف سجون سوريا، مقابلة مع فريق العمل من داخل سجن صيدنايا. على موقع الجمهورية.
متحف سجون سوريا: رواية الحكاية رقمياً | Syria Prisons Museum: A Digitized Story
YouTube video by Al-Jumhuriya الجمهورية
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🎙️ With DW’s Studio Al-Hadath, I spoke about the ISIS Prisons Museum and its largest file — Hisba Diwan: thousands of detainees, dozens of prisons, and years of investigations & survivor testimonies. 🔗 www.dw.com/ar/audio-736... #ISISPrisonsMuseum #Justice #HumanRights #Syria #Iraq
متحف داعش.. توثيق للجرائم وتذكير بالضحايا – DW – 2025/8/13
متحف سجون داعش، مشروع توثيقي لجرائم وانتهاكات تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية، يضم صورا وشهادات وتحقيقات ومعارض وجولات افتراضية، توثق الفظائع وتذكر بالضحايا. فما أهمية مثل هذا المشروع لتحقيق العدالة وإنصاف الض...
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🏚 Once a traditional home in Mosul’s Old City, #ISIS turned it into a Hisba prison. Our 3D reconstruction took 3 years of work: 📜 1,000+ documents analyzed 🗣️ 7 survivors from this prison interviewed 🗣️ Dozens from other Hisba prisons in Mosul Walk through: 🔗 www.isisprisons.museum/en/sites/pri...
Leaked CCTV from Suwayda Hospital (July 16, 2025) shows gov. forces shelling the building, assaulting staff, and executing civilians — one killer wore an ISIS patch. We’re investigating these crimes just as we did ISIS & Assad crimes. Justice must be universal. #Suwayda #JusticeForSyria #HumanRights
Yusuf Al-Labbad was not killed in a vacuum. His death is a direct result of unchecked crimes, official lies, and a system built on impunity. Every crime we fail to confront becomes permission for the next. #JusticeForYusuf #CoastalMassacres #Syria #EndImpunity #NoJusticeNoPeace
Yusuf Al-Labbad walked into the Umayyad Mosque alive — and left as a corpse. The official story? He “hit his head on hard objects” by himself in a guarded room. No cameras. No witnesses. No medical report. This wasn’t suicide. It’s state violence — again. #JusticeForYusuf #Syria #EndImpunity
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Syria is secretly reshaping its economy. The president’s brother is in charge.
A shadow committee is remaking Syria's economy with secret takeovers of Assad-era companies. A Reuters investigation has found the new president's brother, Hazem al-Sharaa, along with a sanctioned Australian are in charge of untangling corruption. But to do so, they're making deals with businessmen many Syrians associate with years of ill-gotten gains.
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Civil resistance is possible—even under ISIS. We spent months working on this investigation about Raqqa’s nonviolent resistance during ISIS rule. It’s now live on: 👉 www.isisprisons.museum/en/investiga... Authoritarian terror doesn’t erase the will to resist. It just makes resistance harder.
ISIS Prisons Museum
The ISIS Prisons Museum is a virtual museum space that uses state-of-the-art digital technology to exhibit forensic investigations into crimes committed by ISIS. It combines online digital storytellin...
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