On 16 June 2024, local authorities in the Aleppo countryside, northern Syria, released eight individuals who had been arbitrarily detained for nearly four months in the central military prison in …
Northwestern Syria
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Human Rights Journalism
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Press releases & statements
No One Left Behind: Advocating for Justice In All Corners of Syria on the Sidelines of the Brussels Conference
On 29 April 2024, during the Brussels VIII Conference on supporting the future of Syria and the Region, a coalition of international and Syrian organizations hosted a joint side event …
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Human Rights JournalismStories & Testimonies
Northwest Syria: Local Authorities Attack Journalists, Suffocate Freedom of Expression
Northwest Syria continues to be one of the most dangerous areas for journalists and media workers. In its latest report, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that …
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Human Rights JournalismEditor’s PicksStories & Testimonies
Jindires/Afrin: The Nowruz Murder Trial in the Shadow of Wider Violations and Impunity
On 17 January 2024, al-Ra’i Courthouse issued nine different sentences against individuals involved in the killing of four Kurds—all from the same family—in Jindires town in Afrin’s suburbs on the eve of …
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Human Rights JournalismStories & Testimonies
Northwest Syria: Fighters Flog a Man for “Insulting God”
In December 2023, a young man was filmed while being flogged in a public square in al-Bab city, Aleppo’s northern countryside. The flogging “sentence” was carried out by fighters affiliated …
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Human Rights Journalism
Northwest Syria: Syrian-Russian Attacks Killing Civilians and Hammering Critical Infrastructure
“Many fall wounded and dead that day. I do not know their names. Our grief is huge impairing our ability to focus.” With these words, a local of Idlib province, …
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Investigative Reports
Silenced and Defamed: Women’s Organizations in North-Western Syria Under Many Layers of Oppression
Executive Summary This report investigates the primary challenges facing Syrian women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) under the multiple authorities across north-western Syria. Building from the perspectives of women in the …
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In late September 2023, the External Relations Officer of the Syrian Interim Government (SIG), Yasser Mustafa al-Hajji, filed a lawsuit with the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Mare’ city against lawyer …
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Legal reports
Complaint to the United Nations Regarding the Crime of Arbitrary Detention and Torture in Northern Syria
To the attention of mandate holders: Working Group on arbitrary detention; Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Special Rapporteur on minority issues; Special …