Arrest, Death under torture & Release in September 2021 Arrests and enforced disappearances continued in various security-controlled areas in Syria during the month of September, and these operations were concentrated in particular in regime-controlled areas, especially in Daraa governorate and Rif Dimashq. This month, the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented the arrest of 93 […]
Arrest, kidnapping & Death under Torture in May 2021
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented in May 2021 report that the Syrian regime forces arrested 43 civilians, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested 25 civilians, and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham arrested one person. SHRC also documented during month that two families of detainees in the regime’s prisons were informed of their loved ones’ death […]
Syrian doctor in Germany charged of practicing torture
On December 16, 2020, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office issued a memorandum against the Syrian doctor Alaa Moussa, in which he extended his detention and charged him with crimes against humanity. The German authorities had arrested the Syrian doctor Alaa Moussa on June 19, 2020. The arrest operation on charges of practicing torture in hospitals while […]
Syrian cyclist arrested after he accused Wassim Al-Assad
Wassim al-Assad & Noah Zuaiter On November 15, the Syrian regime’s security authorities arrested Rami Al-Khatib, captain of the cycling team in Tartous, after he recorded and published a video on November 13 accusing Wassim Badi’ Al-Assad, Bashar Al-Assad’s cousin, of acquiring a coffee shop in Tartous through bullying and pretentiousness. Wassim al-Assad appeared on […]
Arrest and kidnapping in October 2020
November 8, 2020 The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented in October 2020 that the Syrian regime forces arrested 11 people, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested 25 people, and the opposition factions arrested 6 people. SHRC also documented the killing of 4 detainees under torture in the regime’s prisons. SHRC documented the regime forces’ […]
Germany stops medical doctor accused of torture in Syria
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 […]
HTS arrest relief manager in Idlib province
Abdul Razzaq Awad On Monday, HTS arrested the programs manager at the Violet Relief Organisation Abdul Razzaq Awad in Idlib province. Awad presented himself to HTS offices according to their call, but he did not seen leaving after that. The Violet organisation decided to stop the five activities that were to be held in a […]
Syrian regime arrest a religious scholar in the Kurdish area
Mohammed Mullah Rashid Gharzani The Syrian regime security services arrested Mohammed Mullah Rashid Gharzani, when he called on the Immigration and Passports Department in the city of Hasakah on Sunday morning 21/10/2018. Rashid is the head of the Federation of Muslim Scholars in the province of al-Jazeera which is controlled by the Kurdish autonomy. He […]
Musab al-Suweid Killed Under Torture
On 18/09/2017- the day on which it was agreed that he was to be released- the Syrian regime apparatus delivered the dead body of citizen Musab al-Suweid to his family. Musab al-Suweid (Homs, 1966) was the son of a prominent member of opposition, Sheikh Mahmoud Suweid, who was kidnapped by the Syrian apparatus in 1980 […]
Syrian Refugees Die in Lebanese Army Prisons
At least eight Syrian refugees have died whilst being detained by the Lebanese army. It is thought that those who died, did so under torture and due to the inhumane conditions in the places of detention and arrest. The Lebanese army said that it had become clear that a number of those whom they had […]