1. Executive Summary This comprehensive investigation examines various practices that amount to torture and ill-treatment, including physical beatings. These actions are carried out by Turkish police (Polis), private security personnel …
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Syria: Serious Concerns Regarding Integrity, Independence, and Effectiveness of the Investigation Committee for Coastal Events
by s.hasan1. Introduction On 4 March 2025, an armed group labeled by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) as belonging to “remnants of pro-Assad militias” targeted a General Security Administration …
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Recommendations on Syria to The EU-Commission and Member States
The fall of the Syrian regime marks a critical opportunity to transition from decades of oppression and war to a future based on justice, accountability and democracy. It is also …
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“My Entire Life Savings Vanished Overnight”: Housing, Land, and Property Rights Violations in “Peace Spring” Strip
Executive Summary This detailed report is based on 38 interviews with direct victims or their relatives. It outlines various housing, land, and property rights violations, such as seizure, looting, extortion, …
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This publication was funded by Legal Action Worldwide. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Syrians for Truth and Justice and do not necessarily reflect the views of Legal Action …
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Jindires/Afrin: The Nowruz Murder Trial in the Shadow of Wider Violations and Impunity
On 17 January 2024, al-Ra’i Courthouse issued nine different sentences against individuals involved in the killing of four Kurds—all from the same family—in Jindires town in Afrin’s suburbs on the eve of …
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Executive Summary This joint report builds on 40 testimonies and statements collected between March and May 2023 on gross human rights violations in the Afrin region in the extreme northwest …
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The Needs and Priorities of the Victims in Northern Syria and Ways to Seek Justice for Them
Background: The ongoing Syrian conflict since 2011 has affected all joints of life in the country. Parties to the conflict have varied and Syria’s geography has been divided into different …
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151 Organizations Denounce Military Escalation and Targeting Infrastructure in Syria and Call for Their Immediate Cessation
The signatory Syrian organizations express their strong condemnation for the increase of hostilities across Syria since the early hours of Thursday morning, October 5, 2023, and call on the UN …
