Aug 04, 2026
Companies once tied to Assad kept winning UN contracts under Syria’s new rulers
An ICIJ analysis found that at least 11 firms received roughly $10 million in 2025 after opaque deals and seizures reshaped their ownership.
Human rights
Mar 04, 2026
Advocacy group files formal grievance claiming World Bank ‘failed’ to address harm caused by controversial Tanzanian project
The project, which aimed to expand protected environmental areas and boost tourism, was terminated in 2024 after allegations of human rights abuses.
Dec 19, 2025
Damascus Dossier stories from around the world
Reporters from 26 newsrooms across 20 countries uncovered new details about the Assad regime’s crimes — and how authorities are still seeking justice.
Dec 10, 2025
Inside the Damascus Dossier: From leaked images to verified data
ICIJ and its partners organized and analyzed thousands of chilling photographs to assemble comprehensive victim lists and quantify the human toll behind a sensitive data leak.
Dec 04, 2025
After 13 years of searching, a Syrian man learns his brother’s fate
A trove of leaked records provides new evidence of thousands of Assad regime killings — and a chance for closure for families.
Dec 04, 2025
Assad’s archive of death
Photographs of more than 10,000 regime victims capture a campaign of torture and mass murder in haunting, meticulous detail.
Dec 04, 2025
United Nations paid $11M to Syrian security firm owned by Assad intelligence services, documents show
For over a decade, U.N. aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from human rights advocates.
Dec 04, 2025
WATCH: Damascus Dossier exposes the Assad regime’s killing machine
Journalists from around the world have joined forces to uncover harrowing new details about one of the most brutal state-run killing systems of the 21st century: the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad.
Dec 04, 2025
About the Damascus Dossier investigation
An exposé into Assad’s vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that financed his regime.
Dec 04, 2025
Frequently asked questions about the Damascus Dossier investigation
Is the Damascus Dossier based on leaked documents? What are ICIJ’s most significant findings? These questions and more, answered.
Nov 14, 2025
European Parliament pledges to tackle transnational repression against human rights defenders
A parliamentary report identified China and other authoritarian regimes as harassing and attacking dissidents abroad, echoing findings from ICIJ’s China Targets.
Oct 15, 2025
New UN report highlights China’s alleged targeting of human rights activists
The report, which recounts recent reprisals from two dozen countries, underscores ICIJ’s reporting on how Beijing abuses international institutions in its campaign to silence critics abroad.
Oct 02, 2025
Purported dissident who monitored Chinese activists in Germany convicted of espionage
Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation that revealed how Beijing uses civilians to spy on regime critics around the world.
Sep 19, 2025
Solitary confinement in ICE detention spiked during early months of the Trump administration, report finds
Six years after ICIJ’s Solitary Voices investigation, Physicians for Human Rights found over 10,000 people were placed in solitary confinement over a 14-month period.
Aug 01, 2025
Parliamentary committee labels China ‘flagrant’ perpetrator of transnational repression on UK soil
A new report details how China and other authoritarian regimes are increasingly targeting critics who sought refuge in the country.
Jun 23, 2025
China uses dissidents-turned-spies to infiltrate overseas activist groups, as authorities flounder
Last week in Canada, world leaders jointly condemned transnational repression as a threat to sovereignty. But at home, many are unprepared to deal with China’s far-reaching intimidation of its dissident diaspora, ICIJ’s China Targets investigation has found.
Jun 16, 2025
Poor coordination, information gaps hamstring EU efforts to combat China’s repression of overseas dissidents
In the wake of ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, European officials said governments should step up measures to stop state-sponsored harassment of activists and minorities living in the EU.
Jun 13, 2025
New report details Beijing’s targeting of protestors abroad
ARTICLE 19, a freedom of expression advocacy organization, documented heightened transnational repression during state visits, echoing the findings of ICIJ’s China Targets investigation.
May 27, 2025
Beijing targeted friends of US-based reporter amid campaign against Radio Free Asia, documents reveal
Xinjiang police records detail a yearslong Chinese government push to silence the news outlet, which the Trump administration has dismantled.
May 15, 2025
Ahead of Xi Jinping’s state visit to Malaysia, police arrested dozens of Falun Gong followers
Kuala Lumpur police said the practitioners broke the law by holding a meeting and detained the group for days, only releasing them after Xi left the country.
May 07, 2025
Danish politicians call for government inquiry into transnational repression following China Targets investigation
Lawmakers from across the political spectrum condemned Beijing’s “scary” tactics and said European governments should do more to protect dissidents.
May 02, 2025
Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing’s tactics to silence dissent across continents
ICIJ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.
Apr 29, 2025
Chinese authorities exploited Interpol and strong-armed one of the world’s richest men to pursue a target
The case involving Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows how China weaponizes the international police agency for political ends.
Apr 29, 2025
As President Xi Jinping traveled the world, police swept peaceful protesters off the streets
In country after country, local authorities detained and silenced activists to shield the Chinese leader from dissent.
Apr 28, 2025
At the UN, China is deploying a growing army of puppet organizations to monitor and intimidate human rights activists
Beijing-backed “GONGOs” have transformed the Palais des Nations into a hostile environment for critics of President Xi Jinping.