In an exclusive Al Jazeera interview, the Syrian military defector known as Caesar revealed his identity after years of hiding. Between 2011 and 2013, Caesar smuggled 53,000 photos from the Syrian government’s secret archives, showing the torture and deaths of civilian detainees. His revelations, presented in 2014, formed the basis of the Caesar Report, which Human Rights Watch verified. With the fall of the al-Assad regime in 2024, Caesar announced his return to public life, aiming to spur justice for the victims of the state's atrocities and shedding light on a dark chapter in Syrian history.
"For years, I lived in the shadows, but now I feel the weight of my actions. It was my duty to expose the truth about the horrors inflicted on innocent civilians."
"The evidence I provided in the Caesar Report is undeniable; it clearly shows the extent of the systematic torture and killings carried out by the regime against civilians."
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