The 24 pages report is issued as part of Amnesty International worldwide campaign against torture. The report includes testimonies from people of different nationalities who were detained in the prison because of their links with a number of different political groups. It finds that Tadmur Prison appears to have been designed to inflict the maximum […]
Human Rights Watch Report 2000 on Human Rights Developments in Syria
The following are highlights from HRW report 2000 in Syria: Authorities still viewed human rights activists as criminals and subjected them to harsh punishment. Five associates of the Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria (known by the acronym CDF) were serving eight to ten year prison terms imposed by […]
Human Rights Watch report – 2001: Human Rights Developments – Syria
The report states that, “despite the presidential succession, Syrians continued to be denied civil and political rights. Freedom of expression, association, and assembly were strictly limited in law and practice; the local media and access to the Internet remained state-controlled; and the pervasive powers of the security forces under the country’s long-standing emergency law, in […]
Human Rights Watch World Report 2002 – Syria
Human Rights Developments Defending Human Rights HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS President Bashar al-Asad’s government launched a crackdown on peaceful but outspoken advocates of reform in August, sending a clear message that it would tolerate a political opening only on its own terms and according to its own timetable. Authorities arrested leading critics and others […]
Amnesty International Annual Report 2002 on Syria
Syrian Arab Republic Head of state: Bashar al-Assad Head of government: Muhammad Mustafa Miro Capital: Damascus Population: 16.6 million Official language: Arabic Death penalty: retentionist Scores of political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, were released during 2001, most as a result of a presidential amnesty. Dozens of people, including prisoners of conscience, were arrested during […]
Amnesty International Report 2000 on Syria
Amnesty International has published its yearly report on the human rights around the globe. Its report on Syria started by mentioning the general amnesty issued by President Hafez al-Assad in July 1999 which had resulted in the release of an unspecified number of political prisoners, but noticed that the main beneficiaries were prisoners charged with […]
Maher Arar Statement in Ottawa on November 4, 2003, less than one month after being released from prison in Syria
The following statement was read by Maher Arar in Ottawa on November 4, 2003, less than one month after being released from prison in Syria: Maher ArarI am here today to tell the people of Canada what has happened to me.There have been many allegations made about me in the media, all of them by […]
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