Deaths under Torture

Introduction  Prolonged years of service for the Criminal Security Department in Aleppo province did not recommend from the risk of being held by Syrian security apparatus in 2011. He never …

His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights H.E. Mr. Vojislav Šuc President of 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 …

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, commemorate the victims of enforced disappearances in Syria and support their families, urging the international community to support their demand to ensure justice, truth …

Background: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30. On December, 21, 2010 the General Assembly in its resolution No. 65/209 decided to adopt International Convention for the …

Mayson Burhan tells the story of disappearance of her brother and uncle[1]. She describes the catastrophe that her family faced after killing her father under torture by elements of Syrian …

Background 26th June of each year marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.  The General Assembly, in the resolution 52/149, December 12, 1997, proclaimed an International day …

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 …