Caesar Files founder criticizes transitional govt., calls for transitional justice

Osama Othman, founder of the “Caesar Act Files,” launched sharply worded statements against the transitional government in Syria, directing pointed criticism at the performance of its institutions, especially the “Transitional Justice Commission,” which he accused of failing to achieve any real progress over the past six months.

Othman said in a televised interview that the commission is ignoring core issues related to detainees and victims, as though it is seeking to impose “justice based on forgetting” instead of accountability. He noted that what has been documented so far represents only a quarter of the actual number of victims of the Assad regime. He added that Syrians are being consumed with marginal issues “unworthy of a people who sacrificed 5% of their sons for freedom.”

He pointed out that families of detainees have still been unable to enter the presidential palace or obtain their right to ask about the fate of their loved ones, affirming the existence of sensitive evidence being ignored, including documents he said had reached him in “burlap sacks,” containing complete information on detainees.

Responding to the official discourse promoting the fall of the Baathist regime, Othman said that the regime’s security structure continues to operate in the shadows, and that speaking of its “fall” would not be convincing even in cinema. He also argued that slogans of “civil peace” are currently being used as a cover to protect those involved in violations, at a time when some prisons in transitional-government areas are reproducing past abuses.

Othman addressed Ahmed Al-Sharaa, saying he has “no right to grant pardons, whitewash regime figures, or gamble on the poverty and hunger of Syrians,” because the people, he stressed, did not sacrifice their children only to see what he described as “killers” recycled.

He concluded by reaffirming that documentation and accountability efforts will continue, saying, “The revolution has not ended… and Caesar has not and will not stop,” and that the pursuit of violations will go on “no matter how much some try to bury the truth or buy silence.”

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