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Chris Osieck

Chris Osieck

Chris Osieck is a Dutch-Indonesian open-source researcher and war crimes investigator, who has worked on investigations for Forensic Architecture and Bellingcat and contributed to publications including Al Jazeera, The Washington Post and the Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer.

Latest from Chris Osieck

US-Israeli Attacks on Iran Show a Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes

US-Israeli Attacks on Iran Show a Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes

A New Lines investigation has found a pattern of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Iran being carried out after civilians and first responders had gathered at sites that were already hit.

Chris Osieck,
Nilo Tabrizy
The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

Tehran residents who spoke to New Lines reported heavy pollution immediately following Israeli strikes on oil depots. An exclusive investigation and analysis show how the fires and smoke plumes spread across the Iranian capital.

Ahmad Baydoun,
Chris Osieck,
Nilo Tabrizy,
Wim Zwijnenburg
An Airstrike Hit an Iranian Emergency Medical Base in Shiraz, Killing 20

An Airstrike Hit an Iranian Emergency Medical Base in Shiraz, Killing 20

A March 5 attack in Shiraz destroyed an emergency medical services base and killed 20 people, including three health workers. Satellite imagery shows a nearby military installation was not struck. Targeting and legal experts say the evidence raises serious questions about compliance with the laws of armed conflict.

Nilo Tabrizy,
Chris Osieck
Caught Between States as an Empire Dissolved

Caught Between States as an Empire Dissolved

A trove of family documents reveals how Dutch-Indonesian families were caught between two worlds as an empire collapsed. A newly independent Indonesia struggled with the boundaries of national identity and, in the Netherlands, new categories were created to pronounce on the “Westernness” of arrivals.

Chris Osieck