Arbitrary Detention

Introduction None of the points contained in the ‘reconciliation deal’, signed in July 2018, were upheld in Daraa[1]. Shortly after government forces retook the province, they conducted waves of arrests among…

On October 16, 2018, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS arrested 12 civilians, working in the al-Hal Market in the city of Murak, northern rural Aleppo, for unknown reasons, according to a testimony…

Syrian security apparatus arrested 23 civilians as well as 16 former armed opposition groups fighters and leaders in Daraa province during September 2018 on various charges, while already six detainees…

Several former volunteers in the Syrian (White Helmets) civil defense organization were arrested in Damascus countryside, according to witnesses. Akram al-Hajj[1], a former media official of the “White Helmets” in…

10 women were arrested by pro-regime security forces on various charges in Hamoryah and Douma[1] cities, eastern Ghouta, between August 16 and September 2, 2018, according to testimonies obtained by…

On the grounds of lowering down the flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)[1] in Ad Dana town, Idlib countryside, during a demonstration, three local activists were arrested on Sep. 18,…

On September 13, 2018, the Sham Legion, affiliated with the armed Syrian opposition, arrested 20 persons in the town of Urum al-Kubra, western rural Aleppo, on the charges of promoting…

 More than 40 persons captured, by Syrian security services, from their houses in Homs northern countryside under merely individual allegations filed by regime loyalists with no issuance of formal arrest…

 Syrian security services launched wave of arrests against former White Helmets volunteers who already “settled” their status with the state. 11 former volunteers and a civilian from Ar Rastan besides…