Safwan Ahmed al-Katini, from Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, born on 24 March 1973, owned some agricultural lands and worked in investing them; he is married with one son who…
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Enforced Disappearances
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Preface: It was only one day after the detainee Yusuf Aba Zaid got out of the Syrian jails when he was killed as a result of shelling Western Ghariyah located in…
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The organisations and institutions signing below are extremely saddened by the news that our friend and colleague Bassel Khartabil Safadi has been executed in the Syrian regime jails. We send…
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Press releases & statements
Syria: Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil
by wael.mThe family of Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian-Palestinian software engineer and free speech activist, confirmed that he had been subjected to an extrajudicial execution in October 2015. The undersigned human rights…
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Investigative Reports
On “the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture”, Syrian Survivors Talk about the Experiences of their Arrest and the Mental and Physical Effects
by wael.mBackground 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…
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Investigative Reports
A Special Report About “Hamida al-Taher” Detention Facility in Daraa
by wael.mPreface: 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…
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Press releases & statements
Press Statement: Survivors Tell Horrific Stories of Egregious Violations inside the Cellars of Hamida al-Taher Checkpoint
by wael.mSyrians 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,…
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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…
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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…