Syria's 'Caesar' discloses his identity, calls for punishing 'criminal' Assad

Syrian whistleblower ‘Caesar’ reveals himself to Al Jazeera

Syrian whistleblower “Caesar” has revealed his identity to the world in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera.

Eleven years ago, at the risk of his life, the Syrian police defector provided the first official evidence of torture practised on an industrial scale in the prisons of dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

As a military photographer, he documented victims of torture and murder in the Syrian civil war in the morgues of Assad's army. Old people, women, children. In 2013, he fled the country. His pictures became testimonies, and he himself became a legend. Now "Caesar" reveals who he is and tells his own story. Source

He smuggled out tens of thousands of images of mutilated bodies, which were used as evidence of the Assad regime's crimes in Syria. Now the whistleblower "Caesar" comes forward - and turns out to be a former head of the military police department in Damascus.

Syria's 'Caesar' discloses his identity, calls for punishing 'criminal' Assad

The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of photos of Syrian detainees killed by torture has revealed his identity.

“The King Witness”… “Caesar” Reveals His Identity – First Sergeant “Farid al-Madhhan” from Daraa - The Syrian Observer

For the first time, through the Qatari channel “Al-Jazeera,” the internationally known Syrian hero “Caesar” revealed his identity. He is Sergeant “Farid al-Madhhan,” the head of the forensic documentation office in the military police in Damascus, originally from the city of Daraa. “Caesar,” who disclosed his identity for the first time on Al-Jazeera, stated that orders for photographing and documenting the regime’s crimes came from the highest …