1. The arrest toll in the last six months of 2019: At least 506 arrests, among them 30 women and 8 children under the age of 18, were made…
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Arbitrary Detention
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Arbitrary arrests/detentions by the Turkish forces and groups affiliated to the National Army against people of the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin,[1] increased in November 2019 compared to the number they…
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STJ has obtained credible inside information from the Civilian Prison in the province of As Suwayda confirming that on November 25, 2019, a military police patrol transferred five detainees- all…
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Introduction: On March 29, 2019, Mustafa Fattrawi was arrested by the Military Security Service in Homs city, a day which was to mark the beginning of five bitter years of…
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Introduction: The National Army of the Syrian Interim Government, which was formed by the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, increased its detentions and arbitrary arrests against civilians…
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Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), by its religious police, the al-Hisbah and other affiliated forces have arrested five children, two women and 15 men, including activists, in the province of Idlib.…
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Introduction Barava Khalaf Farho was 21 when she was captured with her two children in 2014 by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq’s Sinjar (also known as Shingal). she had…
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Syria: At Least 80 People Arrested in Afrin during August 2019
The Kurdish-dominated Syrian city of Afrin, jointly controlled by the Turkish army and the National Army of the Syrian Interim Government/Opposition Coalition, saw a significant increase in the number of…
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Introduction: The Autonomous region in Raqqa, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces/SDF, has witnessed a new wave of arbitrary arrests of, at least, 14 civilians including six prominent activists of…