Untold Killing

Diab & Riyad tell the story of their experience during the ten-month-long riot and rebellion inside Sednaya military prison in 2008. Nadia explains how the regime’s brutal response during the upheaval reveals the tactics used by Assad's regime to crush any form of dissent.

Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.

Archive used:

Arab Summit. Inside Story. 30 Mar 2008.

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After receiving an unexpected visit, Riyad is finally free and wants his life back after being imprisoned for 21 years. We learn more about Riyad and Diab's joint work to fight for those still trapped behind the sun and to support survivors and families of the missing, as they continue to search for their friend Abu Hassan, whose wife - like many other Syrian families - is uncertain of what happened to her loved one.

Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.

Archive used:

News. Al Jazeera. 17 Oct 2013.

News. Al Jazeera. 22 May 2014.

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Diab returns to Syria to be part of the revolution and witness a dream come true but is faced with what he fears the most. Another tragedy hits Ghufran's family, but a defected officer named Caesar has offered families some answers. We also hear the heartbreaking story of Noor, an expectant mother, who realises that not taking part in the revolution doesn’t mean that she’s safe.

Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.

Archive used:

Caesar Interview. CNN. 21 Mar. 2017.

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Still in detention, Riyad needs surgery but has no family in Syria to help him. Diab, now free, ignores his family's pleas and participates in the revolution. The regime's Intelligence takes Abu Emad, a former army engineer, along with Majd and Abed (Ghufran's brothers) to the same place, Sednaya. With increasing executions and disappeared persons ending up in Sednaya, the detention camp's reputation as a dark abyss continues to grow.

Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.

Archive used:

BBC World News America. PBS. 1 June 2012.

Bill Neeley. NBC Nightly News. 16 July 2016.

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During the revolution, Syrians rise and fill the streets calling for freedom and dignity, while the Assad regime used detention and torture as tools, including Sednaya, to crush the peaceful uprising. Nadia explores how the 2011 revolution changed Riyad and Diab's living conditions inside Sednaya. We hear from Ghufran, who tells us about her family’s activism, who see promise in the uprising but will face the heavy hand of Assad’s regime.

Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.

Archive used:

Barbara Walters Interview by ABC News. 7 Dec 2011.

Syria is our Country. By Assi Al Hilani. 13 Aug 2011.

CBS Evening News. 15 Jan 2011.

Anderson Cooper. CNN. 31 Jan 2011.

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Syria: Demonstrations continue in Daraa for the fourth day. BBC News. 21 Mar 2011. YT Vid.

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Nadia and Riyad explore the true meaning of "safety and justice" in Syria. He tells her the story of his disappearance in Syria for 21 years and how he formed a close friendship with Diab between the walls of the infamous prison Sednaya. 

Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.

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In 2019, Loti Nambombe was on the brink of taking his own life. He was standing on the edge of Manchester's M60, ready to jump, when a passerby stopped and talked him down.

The night was a blur for Loti, and in the years that follow he tells people about the stranger who saved his life. Now, five years later, he wants to find him. But all he's got is a name...Andy.

In Finding Andy, host and journalist Jake Warren wants to reunite Loti with the man who saved him, and gain closure for both of them.

Finding… is a Message Heard production.

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Each survivors’ release brought them to the start of a lifelong journey. Scattered across the world and Bosnia, they try to come to terms with what they’d lived through.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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After months of languishing in the concentration camps with no hope of salvation, everything changes for the detainees in just one day. On the 5th of August 1992, they are visited by foreign journalists whose reporting finally ends their imprisonment.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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With each passing day, the conditions in the Bosnian Serb-run concentration camps get more brutal and less human. In July 1992, detainees die and live at the whim of their guards who come up with ever more twisted ways of torturing and killing their former neighbours and friends.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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The detainees' lives changed completely from one day to another after being taken to the concentration camp. Now revolving around torture, killings and everpresent fear, they had to adjust to a new kind of existence in the long hot days of a Bosnian summer.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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Before thousands of non-Serbs ended up detained in concentration camps, their town and their local community became so divided that friends and neighbours came to stand on opposing sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. This disintegration took just a couple of years - thanks to propaganda, fearmongering and a well-organised coup.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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In the late summer of 1992, a group of British journalists travelled to the lions’ den of the Bosnian War to investigate claims of brutal concentration camps filled with thousands of civilians. What they found there, during the course of just one day, confirmed their worst fears. And showed the world the true nature of a war that was just getting started.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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In Season 2 of Untold Killing, we explore the story of Prijedor - one Bosnian municipality’s descent from a peaceful, multi-ethnic society into a collection of burning towns and torture-filled concentration camps. Over six episodes, this season will cover the camps’ political, international, and ideological implications, the personal stories of the Bosniaks held there, and the long-lasting effects on the camp survivors and their families, who now live scattered across the world.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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In commemoration of the July 11th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Untold Killing is back with a special episode in which survivors reflect on the challenges of life after genocide, the ongoing struggle against genocide denial, and how difficult it is to be back.

We also have an update about the second season of Untold Killing which is coming soon.

Untold Killing is a co-production of Message Heard and Remembering Srebrenica. Hosted by Aleksandra Bilic.

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After finding out what happened to their loved ones, the Srebrenica survivors wanted justice. In the final episode of the series, hear the story of prosecuting Ratko Mladic for his role in the Srebrenica genocide.

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It took years for the survivors to find out what happened to their loved ones. This episode tells the story of investigating their deaths and identifying their bodies.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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15,000 Bosniaks fled the Bosnian Serb Army through the forests of Eastern Bosnia after the fall of Srebrenica. They spent days and nights wandering through the woods as they were hunted down, tortured and many of them executed. This episode tells the story of the Death March from two men who survived it.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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In the days after the fall of Srebrenica, when the Bosnian Serb army was in total control of the lives of tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed in mass executions. In this episode, women and children remember the story of these days.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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Early on the 6th July, the Bosnian Serb Army launched an attack on Srebrenica. The following five days were full of anguish, death and final goodbyes. This episode tells the story of the fall of Srebrenica.

For more information and resources visit: https://www.srebrenica.org.uk/podcast/

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