Preface: Thousands of internally displaced persons in al-Hawl Refugee Camp, east of Al-Hasakah city, face a risk of “typhoid fever“, which is a fatal disease, after its noticeable spread within …
April 2018
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Press releases & statements
We Exist! coalition asks the UN and EU not to give up on Syrian civil society
by wael.mMonday 23 April 2018 – Peace is only possible if Syrian organisations and democratic institutions play a leading role in the humanitarian response and any rebuilding of the country, a coalition …
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Investigative Reports
The Third Time Escape of the Hawran Courthouse Inmates Increases Tension in Some Areas of Daraa Western Countryside
by wael.mPreface: On March 16, 2018, twenty-three prisoners escaped from the Gharz prison[1] in Daraa province, which is administered by the Hawran Courthouse, also known as the Dar al-‘Adl fi Hawran[2]. Those …
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Investigative Reports
Pro-Autonomous Administration Asayesh Forces Arrest Ne’mat Dawood, Secretary of Kurdish Democratic Equality Party in Syria
by wael.mIntroduction: On Friday evening, April 13, 2018, security forces “Asayesh” affiliated to Autonomous Administration arrested secretary of the Kurdish Democratic Equality Party in Syria, Ne’mat Dawood, who is also a member …
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Press releases & statements
Statement Issued by Syrian Organizations Working in the Fields of Documentation, Accountability and Transitional Justice
by wael.mWednesday, 18 April, 2018 – We, the signatories to this letter, are Syrian organizations working on human rights documentation, accountability, and transitional justice in Syria. Reaffirming our commitment to the demands …
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Investigative Reports
Grave Massacre Claims Lives of 20 People Mostly Children in Kafr Battikh, Idlib Countryside
by wael.mIntroduction: At least 20 civilians[1], mostly children and women, were killed after an attack on a shelter crowded with civilians in Kafr Battikh[2] town, Idlib countryside, on March 21, 2018. According …
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Introduction: Since the onset of the heaviest military campaign launched by the Syrian regular forces and its Russian allies on eastern Ghouta on February 18, 2018, many civilians were forced to …
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Investigative Reports
Violent Incendiary Weapon Attacks Targeting Douma on 22 and 23 March 2018
by wael.mPreface: Eastern Ghouta cities and towns were subjected to violent military attacks by Syrian regular forces and their allies during March 2018. Douma had a large share of these attacks, …
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Press releases & statements
UN Secretary-General Should Activate Independent Mechanism to Attribute Responsibility for Chemical Attacks in Syria
by wael.mOn April 7 the world once again was shocked by the heart-wrenching images of Syrian men, women and children who appeared to have suffocated in their houses in Douma, a …