The Syrian Network for Human Rights are looking for a Liverpool venue for a sensitive exhibition of photographs.
A military defector, known to use the code name ‘Caesar’, smuggled 53,275 photographs out of Syria before fleeing the country in August 2013.
The images show the torture and dead bodies of at least 6,786 detainees.
Families of victims, known as the Caesar Families Association, identified their loved ones through the photographs.
The graphic images, known as the Caesar Exhibit, were presented at Scottish Parliament in December 2019, in addition to a letter by the association.
The association seeks to retrieve the remains of the victims to ensure proper burial.
Messages of support have been sent on to the Caesar Families Association by Members of the Scottish Parliament.
The Caesar Exhibit has also been displayed in America. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the United Nations Headquarters in New York and Harvard Law School being just some of the venues that have hosted the photographs.
Brian Devlin, the founder of the Children's War Museum, pleas for people to see the images that Caesar 'risked his life' to make available.
When speaking on the importance of raising awareness for the Caesar Exhibit, Devlin said: “This effects many families, it’s the most important issue in Syria.”
“With the war on Islamic state, the detainees are being overlooked.”
Devlin also stressed how much time has passed since the photographs became available in 2013.
Lancaster University were approached as a potential venue to show the images but due to the graphic content and lack of ethical approval were unwilling.
Devlin hopes that one of Liverpool’s universities will be willing to show the Caesar Exhibit.
