Submitting Organization: Syrians for Truth and Justice. For the attention of: Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Special Rapporteur on minority issues Special Rapporteur on adequate …
Afrin
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Press releases & statements
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Investigative Reports
Afrin/Jindires: Ihsan Relief and Development Cuts Down Hundreds of Trees to Build an Illegal Village
1. Executive Summary In this report, “Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ)” reveals the complicity of three humanitarian organizations, Syrian and international, in the illegal resettlement of fighters of the …
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Executive Summary The presence of Yazidi (Ezidi) communities in Syria and the region dates back to ancient times.[1] As a result of multiple genocides, their once-large communities have diminished and …
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Human Rights Journalism
Northern Syria: Clashes Between Opposition Factions Lead to the Permanent Presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Afrin
Recent clashes between the Levant Front/al-Jabha al-Shamiya and the 32nd Division – Ahrar al-Sham sector has allowed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls the remaining areas in Idlib Governorate, to …
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Executive Summary Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documented the arrest of at least 311 people, including 12 women and a child, from the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin. The arrests …
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Executive Summary This investigation sheds light on the various sources financing the Suleiman Shah Brigade (also known as al-Amshat), at a factional level, and its commander, Muhammad al-Jasim (Abu Amsha), …
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Investigative Reports
Housing Settlements in Afrin: Demographic Engineering or IDP Housing Projects?
Executive Summary Several factions within the opposition’s Syrian National Army (SNA) have been building one of the largest human settlements in Afrin region. The settlement is warranted by the Turkish …
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Investigative Reports
Syria/Turkey: Turkish Border Guards Escalate Violence Against Syrian Asylum Seekers
Executive Summary In the present report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) will address the abuses meted out to Syrian asylum seekers by the Turkish border guards (Gendarmerie). The report …
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Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
Afrin: A Kuwaiti Funded School Built on the Ruins of the Yazidi Cultural Union
On 29 June 2020, Afrin’s local council, operating under the Syrian Interim Government, announced it was laying the foundation stones for a new school on the ruins of the Yazidi …