Arrests

Syria’s Kurdish-majority district of Afrin saw an increase in arrests in June 2021. STJ documented 55 cases of detentions against civilians, among them four children and two women, conducted by…

Executive Summary The Syrian government released two batches of detainees from Daraa province during February and March 2021. On 8 February 2021, the government released the first batch of detainees,…

Executive Summary Hostilities forced Samar al-Hasan, 40, and her family to flee their home in Ma’arrat al-Nu’man city and settle in a makeshift camp in Harem city, within rural Idlib…

Five out of seven areas in Syria’s Kurdish-majority district of Afrin witnessed arrests conducted by the Military Police of the Turkey-supported Syrian National Army (SNA). 46 people were arrested, ten…

Introduction In this report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documents a series of arbitrary arrests in different areas across northeastern Syria, carried out by security forces affiliated with the…

The Manbij Military Council, affiliated with the Autonomous Administration, arrested nine members of the Ibo family, including five children, on different dates in January and March 2021. The military council…

Cases of arrests and disappearances escalated during January and February 2021 in Syria’s Kurdish-majority Afrin region. Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) verified the arrest of no less than 144…

Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) confirmed that at least 38 arrests were carried out by the Opposition-Syrian National Army (SNA)  and groups affiliated with them in Ras al-Ayen/Serê Kaniyê…

Executive Summary Many Syrian families were horrified to learn that their beloved ones have died in the detention facilities of the Syrian security services, some of whom were detained and…