SYRIAN ARMY BOMBARDMENT TARGETING JOURNALISTS IN HOMS The Rémi Ochlik and Edith Bouvier investigations Context Ongoing investigation into the murder of journalists during an army bombardment of a media center in Syria in 2012 Charges War crimes Developments in 2018 French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik and American war crimes correspondent Marie Colvin were both killed in the attack. Several other journalists were injured in the attack, including French journalist Edith Bouvier as well as Syrian and British journalists who were using the center as a base to report on the events in Homs in early 2012. Procedure This case was originally opened in 2012 as a homicide case but was reclassified in 2014 as a war crimes case. The families of Rémi Ochlik and Marie Colvin are civil parties in the case, together with French, Syrian and British journalists injured in the attack, FIDH, and Reporters without Borders. Read more about the case On 9 April 2018, documents filed in a US civil case concerning Marie Colvin’s death were declassified. They allegedly demonstrate the premeditated nature of the Syrian army bombardment of a media center in Homs that led to the death of American journalist Marie Colvin, French photographer Remi Ochlik, and injuries to several others including Edith Bouvier, Paul Conroy and Wael al Omar. These documents have been filed in the ongoing war crimes investigation underway in France. Current status Investigation ongoing Facts On 22 February 2012, a Syrian army bombardment in Baba Amr, Homs, led to the deaths or serious injury of several journalists operating from a media center based there. 24