STJ has documented the arrest of at least 40 people, among them two women, throughout June 2020, in the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin by the National Army, affiliated to the…
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Enforced Disappearances
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Investigative Reports
Illegal transfer of Dozens of Syrian detainees into Turkey following Operation Peace Spring
Background On 9 October 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the launch of a military operation by the Turkish Army and allied Syrian opposition groups – of the National…
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On 29 May, 2020, a video circulated on the Internet filmed in the Turkish-controlled city of Afrin, inside the headquarters of the al-Hamza faction, affiliated with the Turkish-backed Syrian National…
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Executive Summary: In the province of Idlib, most of which is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS, women are subjected to numerous violations—including the blatant acts of detention and physical abuse,…
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The conditions of incarceration in the detention facilities of the Syrian government pose a great danger to the lives of the detainees, who number approximately 90212. This number has been…
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Press releases & statements
Syria: a letter to the UN Special Envoy’s Working Group on the release of detainees/abductees
On 29 January 2020, United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Khawla Matar, reported, in her briefing to the United Nations Security Council a series of updates. Among them, the…
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Syrians for Truth and Justice/STJ documented the arrest of no less than 66 persons, including five women, in the Kurdish majority Syrian district of Afrin, as carried out by armed…
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1. The arrest toll in the last six months of 2019: At least 506 arrests, among them 30 women and 8 children under the age of 18, were made…
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Arbitrary arrests/detentions by the Turkish forces and groups affiliated to the National Army against people of the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin,[1] increased in November 2019 compared to the number they…