The search for Syrian war criminals in EuropeIllustrations by George Butler. Source photograph © John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ImagesThe search for Syrian war criminals in EuropeAdjustShareAnwar al-Bunni, who fled Syria in 2014, was at the time one of the country’s leading human-rights lawyers. Born into a prominent family of leftists, al-Bunni had spent his days drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes on the steps of the Palace of Justice, the seat of the high court in Damascus, where the families of imprisoned dissidents and activists knew they could find him. Al-Bunni himself had been jailed...…The search for Syrian war criminals in EuropeIllustrations by George Butler. Source photograph © John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ImagesThe search for Syrian war criminals in EuropeAdjustShareAnwar al-Bunni, who fled Syria in 2014, was at the time one of the country’s leading human-rights lawyers. Born into a prominent family of leftists, al-Bunni had spent his days drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes on the steps of the Palace of Justice, the seat of the high court in Damascus, where the families of imprisoned dissidents and activists knew they could find him. Al-Bunni himself had been jailed...WW…

| Longreads | February 2020 | 20 minutes (8,310 words)This story was produced in collaboration with .As Peter Basil remembers it, the week leading up to Father’s Day, in June 2013, began like any other; he’s since replayed the events in his mind like a recurring bad dream. Peter recalls standing in the kitchen of his modest split-level home in Tache, a First Nations village that lies deep in the wilderness of northern interior British Columbia. His younger sister Mackie, then in her late 20s, followed him around as he made a pot of coffee.“Promise me you’ll take care of my baby,” Mackie...…| Longreads | February 2020 | 20 minutes (8,310 words)This story was produced in collaboration with .As Peter Basil remembers it, the week leading up to Father’s Day, in June 2013, began like any other; he’s since replayed the events in his mind like a recurring bad dream. Peter recalls standing in the kitchen of his modest split-level home in Tache, a First Nations village that lies deep in the wilderness of northern interior British Columbia. His younger sister Mackie, then in her late 20s, followed him around as he made a pot of coffee.“Promise me you’ll take care of my baby,” Mackie...WW…