On September 15th, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria released its biannual report. The report included extensive evidence of brutal human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities,…
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Press releases & statements
Syria/Hasakah: A Complaint to the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council on the Deliberate Interruptions of Water Supplies from Aluk Water Station
On 28 August 2020, Syrians for Truth and Justice Organization (STJ), the Kurdish Organization for Human Rights in Syria (DAD), PÊL – Civil Waves Organization, GAV for Relief and Development…
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Human Rights Journalism
Timeline of the Disruptions Series of Aluk Water Pumping Station, North East Syria
When and how the Aluk water station was first interrupted On 9 October 2019, only few hours after the launch of Turkey’ so called Operation Peace Spring,[1] the Aluk water…
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Press releases & statements
89 Organizations Denounce Turkey’s Repeated Water cut to Hundreds of Thousands of People in Syria’s North East
On 13 August 2020, Turkish forces turned off the Alok water pumping station, under their control, to hundreds of thousands of people in northeastern Syria, just as they did earlier…
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Thematic Reports
Front Lines Aflame: Crop Fires Ravage Syria’s Jazirah Region, Scorching Fields and Destroying Harvests
Executive Summary Over the last several years, summer crop fires in north east Syria have become a reoccurring issue. Largely commencing in early May, these fires overlap with wheat and…
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The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation or İHH, has turned two houses, from those seized, in the city Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê during Operation Peace Spring – waged on 9 October 2019…
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Thematic Reports
Illegal transfer of Dozens of Syrian detainees into Turkey following Operation Peace Spring
Background On 9 October 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the launch of a military operation by the Turkish Army and allied Syrian opposition groups – of the National…
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Human Rights Journalism
Following Operation Peace Spring, Thousands of Tons of Grain Seized as “Spoils of War”
Background Following Operation Peace Spring in the area, from which the US-led coalition withdrew to fight the Islamic State/ISIS, the terrain stretching from Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê to Tell Abiad was…
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Human Rights Journalism
“Sultan Murad” Division Kills Man Displaced from Rural Aleppo and Seizes His Factory in Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê
On 25 March 2020, personnel of the “Sultan Murad” Division, operating under the opposition-affiliated Syrian National Army, killed Ibrahim al-Youssef— a 30 years old man displaced from Rural Aleppo to…