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The Violations Documentation Center in Syria (VDC) (Arabic: مركز توثيق الانتهاكات في سوريا‎‎) is a network of Syrian opposition activists whose aim is to document human rights violations perpetrated since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, including victims of the violence, detainees and missing people. The organisation works with the activists from the Local Coordination Committees of Syria,[2] and documents identified victims of the violence[3] from the rebels and the civilians.[2] The center's main sources of information include medical records, families of the victims and information received from the Imam of the mosque that performed the burial.[4]

Violations Documentation Center in Syria مركز توثيق الانتهاكات في سوريا Abbreviation VDC Predecessor Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression[1] Formation April 2011 Founder Razan Zaitouneh Type Media activist organization Legal status Active Purpose Documentation of human rights in Syria Headquarters Douma Location Syria Official language Arabic, English, French Board of directors Husam al-Katlaby[1] Affiliations Local Coordination Committees of Syria Website http://vdc-sy.net The VDC's main headquarters are located in the city of Douma. On 9 December 2013, its office in the city was raided by masked gunmen, who abducted 4 VDC members, including Razan Zaitouneh, one of its founding members.[5] The Army of Islam was suspected of being responsible for the attack.[6] It was attacked again by Jaysh al-Islam in August 2017.[7]