Torture and Ill treatment

The Kurdish-dominated Syrian city of Afrin, jointly controlled by the Turkish army and the National Army of the Syrian Interim Government/Opposition Coalition, saw a significant increase in the number of …

Summary: Following the Syrian security services release of 17 female arrestees/detainees with their children in a “prisoner swap deal” on October 8, 2018, the two sides to which were the …

Introduction: “Death was ready for us every second,” thus survivor “Nizar al-Abdallah” described the period he spent in the Syrian security services’ detention facilities, which lasted for five bitter years. …

The last July saw a surge in the number of arrests, compared to the previous month, in the Kurdish majority Syrian city of Afrin, under the control of the Turkish …

Syrian Security Services continue to detain and arrest youths in the province of Hama for alleged reasons, such as evading military service for those whose conscription is postponed. According to …

Introduction: Starting early in December 2018 until late in February 2019, the Syrian Government-affiliated civil registry directorates have resumed informing relatives of detainees of the latter’s death in the government’s …

Summary Abductions are still ongoing in the province of Idlib, which is mostly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), due to rampant insecurity and absence of checkpoints at the entrances …

Between January 20 and February 4, 2019, two cases of killing under torture were recorded in the prisons of the armed opposition groups, operating under the Syrian National Army[1] in …

Summary Seizing control of Daraa[1] and Qunaitra[2] from armed groups[3] in August 2018, the Syrian government reportedly transferred prisoners of IS and HTS to its detention centers to be investigated …