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ثلاثة أشقاء مختفون قسريا

Syria: Alkarama seizes the UN to shed light on the disappearance of three brothers in Homs

On 12 May 2026, Alkarama submitted to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) the cases of three Syrian brothers, Fouad Ahmed Doum, Maher Ahmed Doum and Reda Ahmed Doum, who were arbitrarily arrested and subsequently disappeared in Homs in September 2011. 

The Unknown Fate of the DOUM Brothers 

13 May 2026
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سوريا تستعيد الحدار

Syria: Al Haddar returns home after years of detention in Iraq

Alkarama has learned that the Syrian authorities have managed to bring back the young Syrian Azmi Derri Mohamed Al Haddar to his country after 18 years of arbitrary detention and hardship in Iraqi prisons, linked to allegations of illegal border crossing and involvement with an armed group, for which he had been sentenced to 15 years in prison. 

14 Apr 2026
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جاسم الشامسي

Syria: The arrest of Emirati activist Jassem Al-Shamsi and the prospect of his extradition raise serious concern

The fate of Emirati activist Jassem bin Rashid Al-Shamsi remains unknown following his arrest in Syria on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at a checkpoint in the capital, Damascus. He was reportedly taken to a security facility without a judicial warrant or clear charges, and all contact with him has since been severed. 

12 Nov 2025
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Our concerns
  • Serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law and devastating effects of the armed conflict on the civilian population;
  • Systematic and widespread practice of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in detention;
  • Impunity of perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity;
  • Arbitrary detention in inhuman conditions of tens of thousands of civilians in camps, including families of former ISIL combatants.

 

Human Rights Instruments
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
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Human Rights Council
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Latest Reports
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Syria: Universal Periodic Review - 2nd cycle- Alkarama's Report - Mar 2016

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Universal Periodic Review
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Committee against Torture

Syria: Committee against Torture - review - Alkarama's special follow up Report - oct 2012

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Committee Against Torture
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Syria: Committee Against Torture - Alkarama's special Report - Apr 2012

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Committee Against Torture
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Syria: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - Opinion 1/2011- Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa - Hassan Ibrahim Saleh - Maarouf Ahmad Malla

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Special Procedures
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Syria: Decree No. 54/2011

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