Arbitrary Detention

Preface: Salma Muhammad was detained with her 13-year-old child for more than two months in a centre that Syrian regular forces claimed it is a centre for displaced persons in the …

Preface: After a year of detention in Syrian Security Apparatus prisons, the detainee, Adel Sayed Ali, was released on August 19, 2017, but he got out with a permanent disability in …

Preface: On November 8, 2017, military confrontations and clashes broke out between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS[1] and Nour al-Din al-Zenki movement[2] in in several cities and towns in countryside of Aleppo including …

Today, 9 December 2017, marks four years since the forced disappearance of Razan Zaitouneh, Wael Hamada, Samira Khalil and Nazem Hamadi. After four years, their memories have been and will …

Preface: Kidnapping civilians is one of the most dangerous violations spread in the Syrian southern provinces. It has impact on the social interactions among locals of those provinces, particularly in the …

On 11 November 2017, several Syrian civil organizations published a joint statement in which they strongly condemned the kidnapping of the teacher Mohammad Mustafa, Director of the Free Education Directorate …

To whom it may concern, We, the undersigned, representatives of Syrian civil society organizations, express our deep shock and outrage at the abduction of the respected teacher and educator Mr. Mohammad …

Introduction: The first round of the Astana negotiations sponsored by Russia, Iran and Turkey was held in the Kazakh capital on January 24, 2017. The talks revolved around the establishment …

520 persons arbitrarily detained in Homs Central Prison began a hunger strike on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 demanding their immediate release after spending several years in arbitrary detention. These demands …