al-Hasakah Census 1962

On 21 May 2026, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) held a dialogue session addressing challenges related to nationality in Syria, beginning with the legacy of the 1962 exceptional census …

In partnership with the AIDÉ (Association d’Intégration, de Développement et d’Évolution) in Strasbourg, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) hosted a panel discussion on Sunday, 15 March 2026, focusing on …

I lived in Syria for thirty years of my life, twenty-nine of them deprived of its nationality —moving between being “Unregistered” (Maktoum) at one time and a “Hasaka Foreigner” (Ajanib) …

Executive Summary On the 60th anniversary of the 1962 special Census of al-Hasakah, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) is delving into the deprivation of nationality (statelessness), which continues to …

In Qasas village, south of Tal Abyad, a Syrian family was forced to give up the rights to their land in return for the release of their brother who was …

After the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party seized power in Syria in 1963, successive Ba’athist Syrian governments enforced several laws and used a wide range of practices that robbed a large …

Executive Summary It has been 59 years since an unjust special census was carried out in Syria’s Kurdish-majority province of al-Hasakah, which resulted in thousands of Syrians being stripped of …

Being a maktum[1], Dawran Ibrahim Khalil failed to legalize his status and get the Syrian nationality even though 57 years separate him from the special census conducted back in 1962, …

As a stateless Syrian Kurds from the maktumeen class, Nasr El Din was not allowed to possess or acquire any property. He has been deprived of all his civil and …