Articles for Syria

Alkarama has been informed of hundreds of cases of enforced and involuntary disappearances, demonstrating the prevalence of this method of repression.

Alkarama is deeply concerned about the alleged violations of human rights in Syria. At present, we were informed of the cases of 40 Syrian minors who are being or were detained incommunicado by the Air Force Intelligence. They are suffering, or have suffered, torture despite being minors under international law as all were 17 or under at the time of their arrest.

Yahya Al-Shurbaji, a 33-year old Syrian human rights defender was arrested on 6 September 2011 in Sahnaya, in the Damascus countryside following a car chase by agents of the Damascus Intelligence Service. Mr Al-Shurbaji and his friend Ghayath Mattar were victim of an ambush: they went together to the Al Mazza Military Airport believing that Mr Al-Shurbaji's brother, who is detained there, was injured and needed an ambulance. Given the facts of the case, Alkarama was seized of the case.

The report of the Fact Finding

Ziad Ramadan, the Syrian man detained more than 6 years ago by the Syrian authorities who accused him of being implicated in the assassination of Rafik Hariri, remains detained despite having served his entire 6 year sentence and despite the call made by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention last November for his release.

On 2 August 2011, Fahd Ali was taken back to his cell following a session of torture. Shortly after, he started to have convulsions. His co-detainees immediately called the guards, who did not respond for thirty minutes. They finally took Mr Adnan out of his cell, but brought him back in the same state two hours later.