On March 28, 2022, the Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, issued legislative decree No. 15 of 2022 stipulating new amendments to articles of the Syrian Penal Code issued with the…
Arrests
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Thematic ReportsEditor’s Picks
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Thematic ReportsEditor’s Picks
Syria/Turkey: Turkish Border Guards Escalate Violence Against Syrian Asylum Seekers
by z.ujayliExecutive 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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Pre-Trial Detention: Yet Another Tool for Repression in Syria
by z.ujayliOn 23 January 2022, the Syrian Ministry of Justice, issued Circular No. 3 on cybercrime, signed by the justice minister and Judge Ahmed al-Sayyed. The circular declared the criminal court…
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Press releases & statements
Syria: An Oral Intervention Presented to Human Rights Council at the Interactive Dialogue with the International Commission of Inquiry
by z.ujayliOn 18 March 2022, Advocates for Human Rights and Syrians for Truth and Justice presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council at the Interactive Dialogue with the…
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Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
Afrin: Al-Sham Legion Tortured a Civilian to Death
by z.ujayliOn 25 February 2022, local activists posted several photos on social media of a dead body displaying brutal marks of torture. Field researchers with Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ)…
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Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
Northern Syria: Families Plead for News as Dozens of People Go Missing Monthly
by z.ujayliFor years, the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo have been hotspots for disappearances and missing person cases. Dozens of loved persons are reported missing monthly, disappearing under circumstances that often…
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Northeast Syria: More than 120 People Disappeared Following Operation Peace Spring
by z.ujayliExecutive Summary Contrary to its name, Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring, which began 9 October 2019, only brought woes to the people of Syria’s northeast, specifically the area lying between Ras…
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Thematic Reports
5 Syrian Organizations Submit a Complaint to UN Bodies Regarding Internally Displaced People in Syria
by z.ujayliIntroduction From 16 to 19 May 2015, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons visited the Syrian Arab Republic. His report (No. A/HRC/32/35/Add.2) on the visit…
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Syria: The Legacy of Fayez al-Nouri— Thousands of Unjust Verdicts against Ba’athist Agenda Opponents
by z.ujayliOn 10 February 2022, al-Bu Arafat Clan—consisting of Al Haza’ (Haza’ Household), and al-Ubaid clan (al-Shaher)— consisting of Al al-Arab (al-Arab Household), in Syria, Iraq and the diaspora, mourned the…