Syria’s Kurdish-majority district of Afrin saw an increase in arrests in June 2021. STJ documented 55 cases of detentions against civilians, among them four children and two women, conducted by…
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Enforced Disappearances
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Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documented that the Military Police— operated by Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) — arrested at least 18 people in Syria’s Kurdish-majority region of Afrin…
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Human Rights Journalism
Daraa: Dozens Arrested and Released After Signing Government Settlement Agreement
by z.ujayliExecutive Summary The Syrian government released two batches of detainees from Daraa province during February and March 2021. On 8 February 2021, the government released the first batch of detainees,…
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Executive Summary Hostilities forced Samar al-Hasan, 40, and her family to flee their home in Ma’arrat al-Nu’man city and settle in a makeshift camp in Harem city, within rural Idlib…
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Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documented a decrease in the number of arrests in Syria’s Kurdish-majority region of Afrin in April 2021—on the 13th of which Ramadan started this…
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Five out of seven areas in Syria’s Kurdish-majority district of Afrin witnessed arrests conducted by the Military Police of the Turkey-supported Syrian National Army (SNA). 46 people were arrested, ten…
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Cases of arrests and disappearances escalated during January and February 2021 in Syria’s Kurdish-majority Afrin region. Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) verified the arrest of no less than 144…
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Thematic Reports
“My Mother still Hopes He’s Alive”: Dozens of Syrian Families Told their Detained Loved Ones are Dead
Executive Summary Many Syrian families were horrified to learn that their beloved ones have died in the detention facilities of the Syrian security services, some of whom were detained and…
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Introduction On 28 May 2020, eight women at least with a newborn were found held in a military headquarters of the Hamza/Hamzat Division affiliated to the National Army, operating under…