Articles for Syria

Syria: Disappeared activist at risk of death

Ahmad Bakdones, a 30 year-old peaceful Syrian activist, was arrested on 19 May 2012 by agents from the General Intelligence services and brought to Damascus Central Prison.

01 May 2013

Mohammad Atfah, a 20-year-old Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer, was arrested on 3 February 2013 by the Military Intelligence in Homs.

16 Apr 2013

Ali Al Shihabi, a 57-year-old Palestinian writer and former UNRWA worker, was arrested on 17 December 2012 by the Military Intelligence's Palestine branch near Al Yarmouk Refugee Camp. It was not the first time that the man's fundamental right to liberty and security of person was breached by the Syrian authorities.

20 Mar 2013

Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry speaks of harrowing violence as "war displays all the signs of a destructive stalemate"

On 11 March 2013, the UN Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which presented its report as well as an oral update to the Council.

13 Mar 2013

Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry condemns violations by both sides in its latest report

The latest report of the UN Commission of Inquiry, released on 5 February 2013, found that the Syrian government forces and affiliated militia as well as armed opposition groups are both responsible for war crimes committed over the course of the two-year-old conflict.

20 Feb 2013

Syria : Follow up Information Provided to Committee against Torture

Syria was reviewed by the UN Committee against Torture in May 2012, as part of a special review, a relatively rare occurrence for the UN Committee. In conclusion of its review, the Committee issued a series of recommendations, and requested that the Syrian authorities provided information on how it had implemented these recommendations at the Committee's next session in May.

02 Nov 2012

Syria: Free Peaceful Activists, Journalists, Aid Workers in Amnesty

Give Independent Monitors Access to Detention Facilities

President Bashar al-Assad should release all peaceful activists, media professionals, and humanitarian assistance providers as part of an amnesty announced on October 23, 2012, Human Rights Watch, Alkarama, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Index on Censorship, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Reporters Without Borders, and Samir Kassir Foundation – Skeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom said today.

25 Oct 2012

Syria: Student Rama Al Assas disappeared since last 27 August

Rama Al Assas, Syria 26-year-old Syrian student Rama Al Assas was abducted on 27 August 2012 from her home in Damascus. Since then, her whereabouts remain unknown as the Syrian authorities refuse to give any information on her fate. Alkarama is concerned about her physical and mental integrity as torture and ill-treatment is highly likely as long as she remains disappeared.

17 Oct 2012

While media outlets show the cities of Syria in the throes of civil war, the practice of arbitrary arrests and subsequent disappearances of civilians by the Syrian security services and government af

27 Jul 2012

Syria: Death under torture of Syrian social media activist Aladdin Al Doori

Aladdin Al Doori, a Syrian social media activist, was shot and arrested by soldiers at a military barrier close to Bab Al Taqa near Qalaat Al Madiq on 14 April 2012. His family was not provided with any information about his state of health or his whereabouts for the two days following his arrest.

05 Jun 2012