Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 7:00 - 8:30 PM (Damascus Time)

Location: Via Zoom 

Language: Arabic with English translation, discussion is in both Arabic and English

Moderator: Amany Moussa Selim 

The MENA Prison Forum is pleased to host the second session of its 2025 talk series "Prison Matters: Towards Justice in Syria," featuring Ahmad Helmi, co-founder and director of the “Taafi” initiative and co-founder of the “Truth and Justice” Charter. This session will spotlight ongoing efforts to uncover the fate of missing persons in Syria and explore possible pathways for addressing enforced disappearances in the post-Assad era.

What mechanisms currently exist to investigate the fate of the disappeared? What steps have been taken to ensure justice for victims and their families? By engaging with these urgent questions, the session aims to contribute to broader discussions on justice in Syria—particularly in relation to one of its most complex and pressing issues.

The session will be moderated by Amany Moussa Selim, a researcher on social movements, and Mina Ibrahim, Program Manager at the MENA Prison Forum.

“Prison Matters: Towards Justice in Syria” is a series of conversations hosted by the MENA Prison Forum in 2025. Through the voices of former detainees, families of victims, key activists, artists, and legal experts, the series reflects on justice work inside and outside Syria, and the evolving challenges facing transitional justice.