Arbitrary Detention

Preface: Daraa, as well as most other Syrian provinces, is full of secret and public detention facilities, where tens of thousands of persons are arbitrarily detained and/or forcibly disappeared. Let alone…

Syrians for Truth and Justice/STJ in a new report said that egregious human rights violations had been committed inside the detention center known as Hamida al-Taher checkpoint in Daraa province,…

Preface: Following the outbreak of recent clashes in Eastern Ghouta, Damascus countryside, on 28 April 2017, between Syrian armed opposition factions. Particularly between the Army of Islam/ Jaish al-Islam, on the…

On 13 May 2017 at approximately 12.30pm members of the Asayish, Kurdish security forces known to be affiliated with the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), arrested journalist and human rights…

Preface: Security apparatus headed by Asayish forces, local police, affiliated to the Autonomous Administration started arbitrary arrests of members and leaders of other Kurdish parties, particularly those allied to the Kurdish…

Background: On Friday, April 28, 2017, many towns and cities in Eastern Ghouta witnessed a tension that turned to new clashes and military confrontation among several Syrian armed factions. In detail,…

Entering Damascus University, Department of Sociology, was the first step for establishing a new phase in Hani's life. Through his studies, he gained awareness of social issues, an understanding into…

On December 9, 2013, a group of gunmen stormed the offices of the Violations Documentation Center in Syria in Douma, Damascus countryside and abducted Razan Zaitouneh and three other activists:…

The pro-Autonomous Administration Asayesh forces arrested two leaders in the Kurdish Reform Movement in Syria and took them to an unknown place. On Sunday evening, November27, 2016, the Asayesh forces…