Al-Mu'atsim human rights activist Bila Al-Kilani told "Sham": Podcast programs are not definitive historical documents and repeating the story does not mean a multiplicity of evidence.
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Human rights activist Al-Moutsim Bila Al-Kilani said, in an exclusive interview with Dama News Network, that podcast programs and visual content about historical events may be a source of memory preservation, but they do not become a reliable document once they are published or distributed.
Al-Kilani explained that the reliability of these materials is related to the clarity of their sources, the accuracy of their information, the correctness of the transmission of the evidence and the possibility of reviewing the evidence and comparing it with independent sources.
He emphasized the need to distinguish between documenting a person's testimony and proving the truth of his words, and pointed out that the participant's speech about his role records his personal narration, but that alone is not enough to prove the details of the event or the degree of his contribution, since the authenticity of the recording does not mean accuracy.
He pointed out that the repetition of a single narration on the authority of several people does not represent independent evidence confirming its truth as long as it is based on one source, and emphasized the need to verify the sources of the evidence and their independence.
Al-Khilani warned against distorting history without falsifying records, by selecting facts, erasing some of them and rearranging them, reducing the collective victims to one personal biography or ignoring vital facts related to responsibility.
At the level of human rights, he stated that the danger of inaccurate narratives multiplies when they are related to serious violations, and emphasized that the marginalization of the victims' testimonies and the blurring of responsibility affects their right to truth and justice and multiplies their sense of denial.
He called for respecting the dignity of the victims, protecting witnesses, preserving evidence and making room for missing narratives to prevent the media narrative from being used to exclude those with experience.
Al-Kilani distinguished between fraud and legitimate disagreement in the reading of history, and explained that the problem lies in presenting unverified claims as final facts, emphasizing the necessity of separating historical criticism from the media and determining legal responsibility.
He came to the conclusion that engaging in podcast programs must be based on criticism and verification, and distinguish carefully between the value of the material as personal testimony and its suitability to prove a historical fact or use it as judicial evidence.