Syria

Executive Summary “Fourteen days into detention, they started to take groups of five young men out of prison every day. We did not know what happened to them. On my …

Precautionary seizure is a legal procedure whereby the judiciary freezes movable and immovable property of the depositor including, for example, money, real estate, cars, stakes or shares in companies, to …

On 8 January 2022, the relatives of Suhaib Muhammad al-Qauarit (46) referred to the Daraa City Civil Registry to inquire into the whereabouts of their son, who has been detained …

Executive Summary Five years ago, the forces of the Syrian government (SG) launched a large-scale military operation into three key areas in Wadi Barada (Barada Valley) in the suburbs of …

On 20 January 2022, ISIS attacked Al-Sina’a prison in Ghuwayran area of Al-Hasakah city, where more than 5,000 ISIS members and leaders are being detained. The attack spread fear among …

Every five years, the United Nations reviews the human rights situation of its 193 member states through a process called The Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This year, seven organizations submitted …

On 22 September 2021, activists circulated a video and photos of a young Syrian man bearing severe marks of torture. The images later discovered to be of Hikmat al-Da’ar, who …

On 17 December 2021, a group of masked militiamen of the Revolutionary Youth/RY (locally referred to as Ciwanên Şoreşger) – authorized by the Autonomous Administration in northeastern Syria – attacked …

In this report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documents the stories of three detainees who were tortured and/or maltreated in the prisons and detention facilities operated by the Autonomous …