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This report followed SSJ’s field visit to Syria in July 2025, documenting the experiences of survivors of the Extermination Prisons and SSJ’s efforts to preserve testimonies and support survivor-centred recovery. Through the perspective of Yayoi Yamazaki, who has lived and worked in Syria for more than twenty years, the programme offered a rare and nuanced […]

Following the fall of the Assad regime, SSJ Vice President Ryoh Sugitani appeared on a special live broadcast. Drawing on SSJ’s long-standing engagement with communities inside Syria, he discussed how Syrians were responding to the end of decades of dictatorship and examined the factors that contributed to the collapse of the regime.  

CEO Yamada appeared on a live broadcast on Syria TV. He reflected on the trajectory of the Syrian Revolution and shared SSJ’s journey, fighting against the former regime’s propaganda and providing continuous aid in the northwest.

Icchiku Yamada and Yayoi Yamazaki appeared on Syria Plus. The interview was conducted at SSJ’s newly established office in Damascus. Yamada: “Seeing a Syria liberated from the Assad regime is a source of immense joy, both for the country and for me personally. In 2011, when I saw Syrians of my own generation stand up

Interview Topic: “72 Forms of Torture” and “More Than 100,000 Missing Persons” As part of an exclusive report on survivors of Syria’s Extermination Prisons, SSJ Founder and CEO Icchiku Yamada examined atrocities committed under the former Assad regime from the perspective of genocide studies and international justice. The programme shed light on crimes and abuses