In Syria, security services and their affiliated branches have always maintained a strong hold over public institutions and the judiciary. However, their grip tightened further after the Arab Socialist Ba’ath …
Syria
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Investigative Reports
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Human Rights Journalism
Northeast Syria: Increased Restrictions and Violations against Journalists and the Freedom of Expression
The security services of the Democratic Autonomous Administration in Syria (AANES) are restricting the freedoms of opinion and expression of media outlets and journalists. In recent months, the AANES has …
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Executive Summary On 28th of January 2022, Syria’s session of the Universal Periodic Review UPR was held before the Human Rights Council as part of the third cycle of the …
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Human Rights Journalism
The Case of Jawa Istanbouli Reveals the Failures of Criminal Investigation in Syria
Executive Summary On 14 August 2022, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) published on Facebook that the body of Syrian girl Jawa Istanbouli, who went missing on 08 August 2022, was …
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Press releases & statements
Interactive Dialogue: Oral update of the COI on the Syrian Arab Republic
Oral Intervention: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies[1] 21 September 2022 Delivered by: Alice Boughalem Mr. President, Syria is facing its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since the beginning of …
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In March 2018, Turkey and the opposition’s Syrian National Army (SNA) launched Operation “Olive Branch” into Syria’s Afrin region. Large-scale human rights violations and displacement were recorded over the course …
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Press releases & statements
Syria: A Complaint Addressed to Seven UN Special Rapporteurs on the Deviation of Humanitarian Aid toward Building Illegal Settlements Altering the Demographics of Afrin
Submitting Organization: Syrians for Truth and Justice. For the attention of: Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Special Rapporteur on minority issues Special Rapporteur on adequate …
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Human Rights Journalism
Bribery in Syria: An Old Phenomenon Reinforced by the Government’s Failure to Combat it
On 10 August 2022, Sham FM TV interviewed the Syrian actor, Yazan al-Sayed, who disclosed the reasons behind the demolition of his restaurant in the Dummar area of Damascus in …
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Introduction Based on the provisions of the Local Administration Law issued by Legislative Decree No. 107, and on the provisions of the General Election Law No. 5 of 2014, President …