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Germany stops medical doctor accused of torture in Syria

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On June 19, German authorities arrested the Syrian doctor Alaa Musa, who has been practicing medicine in Germany since his asylum in 2015. The arrest on charges of torture in hospitals came while he was in Syria, after testimonies provided by a number of Syrian organisations in Europe, which document the active participation of Doctor […]

Syria in HRW World Report 2020

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Events in Syria of 2019 reinforced the conclusion that the atrocities and rights violations that have characterized the conflict continued to be the rule, not the exception. The Syrian-Russian military alliance in April re-launched military operations against Idlib, the last anti-government foothold, with indiscriminate attacks and prohibited weapons. Areas recaptured by the government saw property […]

Summary of the Syrian refugees’ situation in the educational sector

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Syrian refugee children attend a class at a school in Mount Lebanon Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) November 2019 – /Lebanon Eight years after of displacement in Lebanon, and despite the international community’s financial support to the host community which is estimated at around $ 8 billion since 2011, Syrian refugees continue to face […]

Reconciling with death, disappearance and fear

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Hundreds of Syrians forced to “reconcile” with Assad’s regime under Russian guarantees have been killed or disappeared in a systemic campaign of arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearances and forced recruitment as cannon fodder in the ongoing fighting in the north of Syria. The Syrian Association for Citizens’ Dignity (SACD) has published this report that documents the […]

US Department of State Report on Human Rights: Syria

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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Syria        Permalink: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2018&dlid=289230 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY President Bashar Assad has ruled the Syrian Arab Republic since 2000. The constitution mandates the primacy of Baath Party leaders in state institutions and society, and Assad and Baath party leaders dominate all three branches of government as an authoritarian regime. An uprising […]

Cost of Syria war destruction at $388 billion: UN

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Seven years of relentless conflict in Syria have wreaked destruction that the United Nations said on Wednesday had cost the country close to a whopping $400 billion. The figure was released after a two-day meeting of more than 50 Syrian and international experts in neighbouring Lebanon, hosted by the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for […]

Chatham House: The Syrian Regime Is Using ISIS to Punish Civilians

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  30 July 2018 The latest terrorist attack in the southern city of Sweida has more to do with regime calculations than an ISIS resurgence. Dr Lina Khatib Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House Twitter 2018-07-30-Yarmouk.jpg Syrian pro-regime forces enter Yarmouk. Photo: Getty Images. Share    The ISIS attack on Sweida in southern […]

DEMAND JUSTICE FOR SYRIANS KILLED BY US-LED COALITION

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Amnesty International UK ‘We thought the forces who came to evict Daesh would know their business and would target Daesh and leave the civilians alone. We were naïve. By the time we had realised how dangerous it had become everywhere, it was too late; we were trapped.’ Rasha Badran, resident of Raqqa who lost almost […]

Syria: Thousands of Displaced Confined to Camps

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View from hill overlooking Ain Issa displacement camp in Syria, May 2018.  © Human Rights Watch  (Beirut) – The de facto authorities of two areas of northeast Syria are unlawfully restricting the movement of people who escaped from Islamic State (also known as ISIS)-held areas in displacement camps, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities from the Syrian […]