(Der Spiegel-Germany) Susanne Koelbl - Prof. David Crane of Syracuse University's College of Law was once a chief prosecutor for the UN. Crane in 2003 indicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor, responsible for the death of over 100,000 people in the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002). Today, together with his students, Crane is gathering evidence for the Syrian Accountability Project, which has created the most complete matrix of war crimes in Syria. The database now consists of 17,000 pages of documentation, covering 12,252 incidents, almost two-thirds of which were clearly carried out by Assad's troops. The commander of Islamic State, members of the Free Syrian Army, and other perpetrators are also listed. The authors dedicate a chapter to the at least 130,000 missing people, and the torture methods used by Assad's secret service.
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