Ian Berry Nelson Mandela, soon to become President Mandela, at the election night victory celebration in the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg. Here he receives a hug from Mrs Chris Hanni, widow of ex MK leader (...)
Chris Hanni, assassinated before the election. South Africa, 1994. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Bruno Barbey Between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia was governed by a totalitarian regime led by the Khmer Rouges under the direction of Pol POT. Over half a million people died under the regime. An American research t (...)
eam from Yale University, the Cambodian Research Program, has begun to search for those who took part in the genocide operation. Province of Takeo, South of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 1996. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos
Bruno Barbey CAMBODIA. 1996. Between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia was governed by a totalitarian regime led by the Khmer Rouges under the direction of Pol POT. Over half a million people died under the regime. An Ame (...)
rican research team from Yale University, the Cambodian Research Program, has begun to search for those who took part in the genocide operation. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos
Gilles Peress BOSNIA. 1996. Gorazde, which had been under siege during the war, was one of the three Muslim safe havens within Serbian-held territory. It was believed by many in Garazde that the town would suffe (...)
r the same downfall as Srebrenica, also a safe heaves, that was completely overrun by Serbian soldiers. The Bosnian army and civilians in Gorazde, celebrated the Peace accordance of the Dayton agreement. Bosnian army standing in line. © Gilles Peress | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Families of victims gather during a farewell ceremony for the 521 victims of the Srebrenica massacre, in Visoko's cemetery on Monday July 9th 2012. The bodies were prepared for a mass burial ceremo (...)
ny that took place on the 11th of july 2012 at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Srebrenica.
Visoko, Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin People in Sarajevo pay homage to three trucks carrying the bodies of 521 victims of the Srebrenica genocide. The trucks left Visoko's morgue a few hours earlier and are on their way to a mass buria (...)
l ceremony that will take place on the 11th of july 2012 at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Srebrenica.
Sarajevo, Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Families of victims gather during a farewell ceremony for the 521 victims of the Srebrenica massacre, in Visoko's cemetery on Monday July 9th 2012. The bodies were prepared for a mass burial ceremo (...)
ny that took place on the 11th of july 2012 at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Srebrenica.
Visoko, Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin People in Sarajevo pay homage to three trucks carrying the bodies of 521 victims of the Srebrenica genocide. The trucks left Visoko's morgue a few hours earlier and are on their way to a mass buria (...)
l ceremony that will take place on the 11th of july 2012 at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Srebrenica.
Sarajevo, Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin People in Sarajevo pay homage to three trucks carrying the bodies of 521 victims of the Srebrenica genocide. The trucks left Visoko's morgue a few hours earlier and are on their way to a mass buria (...)
l ceremony that will take place on the 11th of july 2012 at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Srebrenica.
Sarajevo, Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Families of victims mourn at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial on the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
The Bosnian government held enclave of Srebrenica was put under UN protection in (...)
1993. In July 1995 the Dutch UN forces in Srebrenica surrendered to Bosnian Serb forces, paving the way for a massacre to commence. Over the next few days over 8,000 Bosnian males of all ages were hunted down and executed in the surrounding area. It was the worst massacre and the first legally recognized active genocide in Europe since WWII.
Srebrenica-Potocari. Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin At the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial on the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
The Bosnian government held enclave of Srebrenica was put under UN protection in 1993. In July 1995 the Dut (...)
ch UN forces in Srebrenica surrendered to Bosnian Serb forces, paving the way for a
massacre to commence. Over the next few days over 8,000 Bosnian males of all ages were hunted down and executed in the surrounding area. It was the worst massacre and the first legally recognized active genocide in Europe since WWII.
Srebrenica-Potocari. Bosnia 2012 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Families of victims mourn at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial on the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. The Bosnian government held enclave of Srebrenica was put under UN protection in 19 (...)
93. In July 1995 the Dutch UN forces in Srebrenica surrendered to Bosnian Serb forces, paving the way for a massacre to commence. Over the next few days over 8,000 Bosnian males of all ages were hunted down and executed in the surrounding area. It was the worst massacre and the first legally recognized active genocide in Europe since WWII. Srebrenica-Potocari. Bosnia 2012. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen SYRIA, Aleppo, Savran. 2013. A soldier from Assad's regime is charged for being an informant, murder, stealing, and delivering ten Free Syrian Army soldiers to the regime, is executed by ISIS (Isla (...)
mic State of Iraq and al-Sham) in town of Savran in northern Syria. While the executions happened in the city centers and are open to the public, they were put onto a pickup truck and driven from town to town. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen SYRIA, Aleppo. 2012. Members of Shabiha (a feared Assad regime-sponsored militia known for their violence) captured after the clashes near Shabiha headquarter in Aleppo.
The Shabiha militia have r (...)
eigned with violence and impunity, destroying entire villages by setting fire to homes or looting them; and raping, torturing, and slitting the throats of inhabitants suspected of opposing the regime. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen SYRIA, Aleppo. 2013. A soldier from Assad's regime is charged for being an informant, murder, thief, and delivering ten Free Syrian Army soldiers to the regime, is being executed by ISIS (Islamic S (...)
tate of Iraq and al-Sham) in Ehtemlat town in northern Syria. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni SYRIA. Palmyra / Tadmor. 1 April 2016. Inside the historic town of Palmyra, retaken from IS by Syrian Arab Army.
Victorious Syrian Army soldiers stand on top of the rubble in front of a section of (...)
a portico - all that is left of Ancient Palmyra’s Temple of Bel. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen SYRIA, Aleppo. 2015. Said Ahmed Hussein, 23, an Afghan prisoner, remains motionless in silence in the al-Shamiya Jibha prison, located east of Aleppo - Syria, May 3, 2015.
On May 3, 2015, I met wi (...)
th two Afghan prisoners held by the Free Syrian Army, Said Ahmed Hussein is one of them. They were held in one of the most precarious prisons in the world, located in Aleppo, a city that lives with the rhythm of bombings. How did this Afghan find himself involved in this war, in a country that is not his?
Said Ahmed Hussein is young (23) but looks ten years older. To escape the misery of his life in Afghanistan, he decided to go to Iran without valid travel documents, hoping to earn money. He was arrested in Iran after having worked for 7 years in building construction in northern Tehran. He was arrested during a raid with 150 other illegal immigrants. Then, the Pasdars (Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution) came and promised him money and residence permits if he would voluntarily to go to Syria (The officer told him he would have to join the war in Syria for two months and promised a monthly salary equivalent to $700). The Pasdars said that no matter what, they will send all of them anyway. So he signed up, as other illegal Afghan workers.
After a short military training in Iran and a long and arduous journey, he arrived in Aleppo. No time to understand what was happening to him. One evening, uniforms and weapons were distributed and he was brought to a building he had to defend at any price with other Afghan fighters. To encourage them not to give up their arms, they were told that the "terrorists" would cut off their heads.
He then heard a loud bang. A bomb had fallen on the building. Among the dozen Afghan fighters in the building, only Said and Murad (his cellmate) survived: the attack was carried out by the Free Syrian Army. That's how he was captured by FSA and taken to prison. As of May 2015, he has been detained 7 months. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen SYRIA, Aleppo. 2015. A makeshift barricade made from the wreckage of two buses in Bustan Al-Kasser district. These barriers are erected to obstruct the view of the regime's snipers. Aleppo is a cit (...)
y divided into two parts, one is under the control of the Free Syrian Army, the other under the control of Bashar al-Assad's regime. The inhabitants live in constant fear of snipers. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni SYRIA. Palmyra / Tadmor. 1 April 2016. Inside the historic town of Palmyra, retaken from IS by Syrian Arab Army.
Much of modern Palmyra lies in ruins, from fierce fighting between the Syrian Army (...)
and the Islamic State, which controlled the city for ten months, as well as from the ariel bombardments carried out by the Russian Air Force. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing HUNGARY. Budapest. October, 1956.
Insurrection. October-November 1956.
Bystanders try to catch the first issue of the new, pro-revolution communist party paper. When Imre Nagy became prime mini (...)
ster in the first days of the Hungarian revolution, the paper was no longer called "Nepszabadsag" (Peoples Freedom), but "Szabad Nep" (The Free People).
The beginning of the deStalinisation period in Hungary favoured the development of an opposition movement, particularly among students and intellectuals. Imre NAGY who was called in as Prime Minister had obtained the demand of Soviet troops being withdrawn. He became submerged by the spread of the insurrectional movement in Budapest and the provinces. Abolishing the 'unique' party system on the 13th October 1956 he demanded Hungary's withdrawal of the Warsaw Pact and neutralicty. Armed insurrection started in the streets on 24th October until the Soviet troops occupied Budapest, on the 1st November 1956. The uprising brought a deathtoll of over 10 000 people. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
René Burri ARGENTINA. Argentinian General Jorge VIDELA in Buenos Aires. In his office in the Casa Videla. He was one of the Junta officers from the navy and airforce who toppled democratically elected governm (...)
ent in the lineage of Fronoizi. Stepping up army actions against the left, which led to thousands of people killed and unacounted for. 1977. © René Burri | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins USA. New York City. December 10, 2002. A protestor's wrists are bound with plastic handcuffs after being arrested by police outside of the U.S. Mission to the UN. Demonstrators blocked the streets (...)
in an act of civil disobedience in order to be arrested in protest of war. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos