On October 19, 2018, relief worker Alaa Elaiwi, accompanied by a young man, who was also kidnapped, managed to escape his kidnappers 32 days after his abduction and exposure to …
Torture and Ill treatment
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Human Rights Journalism
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Introduction Prolonged years of service for the Criminal Security Department in Aleppo province did not recommend from the risk of being held by Syrian security apparatus in 2011. He never …
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CampaignsPress releases & statements
Joint letter, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
by wael.mHis Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights H.E. Mr. Vojislav Šuc President of the …
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Human Rights Journalism
Return of Kidnappings and Mutual-Kidnappings Between Daraa and as-Sweida to the Front
by wael.mKidnappings and mutual-kidnappings among population of both provinces Daraa and as-Sweida returned to the front once again, according to STJ's researchers who reported that some of these incidents were to …
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Preface: The media man Mohammed al-Ghazawi has worked on documenting violations committed by the Syrian regular army against civilians since the beginning of the Syrian armed conflict in 2011 without …
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Preface: Salma Muhammad was detained with her 13-year-old child for more than two months in a centre that Syrian regular forces claimed it is a centre for displaced persons in the …
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Preface: After a year of detention in Syrian Security Apparatus prisons, the detainee, Adel Sayed Ali, was released on August 19, 2017, but he got out with a permanent disability in …
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Preface: It was only hours after the detainee Ali Bassam Arafat was released from the Syrian Security Services Detention Facilities, to be arrested again on a Syrian regular forces checkpoint …
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Background: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30. On December, 21, 2010 the General Assembly in its resolution No. 65/209 decided to adopt International Convention for the …