Garance Le Caisne
Journaliste, Garance Le Caisne est l’auteure en 2015 chez Stock d’un livre très remarqué, Opération César, lequel traitait des atrocités commises dans les prisons de Bachar el-Assad, en Syrie...
OPERATION CESAR
Auteur
Parution :
07/10/2015
Collection :
Essais - Documents
OPERATION CAESAR
Witness to the Syrian Machine of Death
Garance LE CAISNE
Rights sold to Finland (Art House), Germany (C.H. Beck), Italy (Rizzoli), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Poland (Sonia Draga), Romania (RAO), Russia (AST), Spain (Ediciones B) and UK (Polity, WEL)
“Never in the history of wars has proof of crimes against humanity been divulged while the war and its crimes carried on. In Syria, though, one man did it. The military photographer “Caesar” risked his life to give the world 53,000 photos and documents concerning prisoners killed by torture or starved to death in jails run by Bachar el-Assad’s regime.
While Islamic State terrorists flaunt their barbarity on social networks, the Syrian regime hides its offences in the silence of its prisons. Since his exfiltration from Syria with these documents which reveal the Machine of Death’s routine, Caesar has been in hiding to avoid assassination by Syria’s Information Services. As the only journalist to have met him, I listened for many hours as he described arbitrary imprisonments, systematic torture, hunger in over-populated cells […] and the pictures he and his team had to take to fill the archives and show the leaders that the “work” had been done.
His confession is supported by statements I have collated from former prisoners and their families.”
G L. C.
The stories and documents revealed in this book are previously unpublished. At a time when Western chancelleries and Information Services are considering re-establishing contact with Bachar el-Assad to fight Islamic State, these revelations could change the course of diplomatic history.
Freelance journalist working for Le Journal du dimanche and L’Obs, Garance Le Caisne spent eight years in Cairo where she learnt Arabic and the subtleties of the Middle East. After six trips to war-torn Syria, she devoted seven months to approaching Caesar, and secured the trust of his group of activists. These militants are now trying to achieve international justice by having Bachar el-Assad’s regime judged.
Witness to the Syrian Machine of Death
Garance LE CAISNE
Rights sold to Finland (Art House), Germany (C.H. Beck), Italy (Rizzoli), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Poland (Sonia Draga), Romania (RAO), Russia (AST), Spain (Ediciones B) and UK (Polity, WEL)
“Never in the history of wars has proof of crimes against humanity been divulged while the war and its crimes carried on. In Syria, though, one man did it. The military photographer “Caesar” risked his life to give the world 53,000 photos and documents concerning prisoners killed by torture or starved to death in jails run by Bachar el-Assad’s regime.
While Islamic State terrorists flaunt their barbarity on social networks, the Syrian regime hides its offences in the silence of its prisons. Since his exfiltration from Syria with these documents which reveal the Machine of Death’s routine, Caesar has been in hiding to avoid assassination by Syria’s Information Services. As the only journalist to have met him, I listened for many hours as he described arbitrary imprisonments, systematic torture, hunger in over-populated cells […] and the pictures he and his team had to take to fill the archives and show the leaders that the “work” had been done.
His confession is supported by statements I have collated from former prisoners and their families.”
G L. C.
The stories and documents revealed in this book are previously unpublished. At a time when Western chancelleries and Information Services are considering re-establishing contact with Bachar el-Assad to fight Islamic State, these revelations could change the course of diplomatic history.
Freelance journalist working for Le Journal du dimanche and L’Obs, Garance Le Caisne spent eight years in Cairo where she learnt Arabic and the subtleties of the Middle East. After six trips to war-torn Syria, she devoted seven months to approaching Caesar, and secured the trust of his group of activists. These militants are now trying to achieve international justice by having Bachar el-Assad’s regime judged.
Jamais des preuves aussi accablantes de crimes de guerre et de crimes contre l’humanité n’avaient été divulguées alors qu’un conflit se poursuit. En Syrie un homme l’a fait. Son nom de code ? César. Ce photographe de la police militaire a risqué sa vie pour exfiltrer, pendant deux ans, 45 000 photos et documents de détenus torturés à mort. Il n’est jamais apparu devant des médias.
En janvier 2015, dans le magazine américain Foreign Affairs, le président Bachar el-Assad a affirmé que ce photographe militaire n’existait pas : « Qui a pris ces photos ? Qui est-il ? Personne ne sait. Aucune vérification de ces preuves n’a été faite. Ce sont des allégations sans preuves. »
César existe. L’auteur de ce livre a passé des dizaines d’heures avec lui. Son témoignage est exceptionnel. L’enquête sur le fonctionnement de la machine de mort syrienne, qui étaye son récit, est une plongée dans l’indicible.
En janvier 2015, dans le magazine américain Foreign Affairs, le président Bachar el-Assad a affirmé que ce photographe militaire n’existait pas : « Qui a pris ces photos ? Qui est-il ? Personne ne sait. Aucune vérification de ces preuves n’a été faite. Ce sont des allégations sans preuves. »
César existe. L’auteur de ce livre a passé des dizaines d’heures avec lui. Son témoignage est exceptionnel. L’enquête sur le fonctionnement de la machine de mort syrienne, qui étaye son récit, est une plongée dans l’indicible.
224 pages
Format :
135 x 215 mm
EAN :
9782234079847
Prix :
21.50 €
