Friday saw the complete removal of fighters and civilians from the city of Daraya in rural Damascus, leaving the city empty of residents for the first time in its history. This evacuation was based on an agreement which took place between fighters and the Syrian regime, under the care of the Red Cross. According to […]
Security Apparatus Arrest Human Rights Activist at Syrian-Lebanese Border
On Friday morning, the Syrian security apparatus arrested the activist Jadee’ Nawfal Ali at the Jadida-Yaboos crossing on the Syrian-Lebanon border, whilst he was on his way to Beirut. Nawfal is 65 years old and the Executive-Director of the Democracy and Civil Rights Centre in Syria. He was arrested in 1992 and was sentenced by […]
Arresting Male Youths for Military Service Continues
Youths living in regime controlled areas across Syria are facing campaigns in which they are arrested in order to serve their military service. These campaigns began at fixed and temporary security checkpoints since the first week of this current month, and they remain in operation today. In addition to the arrests which take place at […]
Evacuation of Civilians from Homs: the Siege achieves its aims under the auspices of the UN!
The International Community’s dealing with the crime of the siege of Homs has set a negative precedent through its dealing with its results, and not looking at the crime of the siege itself and its perpetrators. In fact, the international community not only ignored the siege for a year and a half, but helped empty […]
Death of Longest Serving Political Prisoner in Aleppo Central Prison
The longest detained political prisoner in Aleppo, Ahmed Hamdo al-Mahmoud, died today, after spending over 25 years in the prison since his abduction in 1988. Al-Mahmoud was arrested after he was released from the army prisons- which cooperate with Israel- in South Lebanon, and in which he was detained during his mandatory service in the […]
60 Female Prisoners Released, whilst thousands remain imprisoned
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has learnt that the Syrian regime has, in the past few days, released a number of female prisoners held in prison since the beginning of the revolution along with some imprisoned from before. It has been recorded that approximately 60 female prisoners have been released on two occasions till […]