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Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 21/08/2014

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The death toll in Syria on Thursday 21/08/2014 reached 51 deaths including seven children, two women and 18 killed under torture. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs 20 civilians were killed; two were killed as a result of shelling, two were shot by government snipers, a civilian died due to the lack of medical […]

Daily Reports on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 18/04/2014

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The death toll on Friday 18/4/2014 reached 142 deaths including five women and seven children. Twenty-three civilians were killed in the city of Aleppo and its suburbs, including two families killed in shelling last night at the Baab al-Hadid neighbourhood. In addition five civilians were killed in shelling on al-Mukambu neighbourhood (Aleppo) and five were […]

Daily Reports on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 27/02/2014

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The death toll on Thursday 27/02/2014 reached 77 deaths, including four women and five children. Among those killed, six men and two women from Sinjar (Idlib) died as a result of a car bomb explosion in the town market and a man from al-Za’lana (Aleppo) died as a result of cluster bombs. Five men from […]

Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 31/01/2014

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One hundred and fifteen civilians were killed in Syria on Friday 31/1/14, among them 10 women and 21 children. Aleppo and its outlying districts witnessed the death of 61 civilians, among them eight in al-Zaidiya and likewise in al-Ansari and Mari’, as well as six in Bustan al-Qasr and three from both al-Maqbalah and al-Kalasah. […]

Daily Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 21/12/2013

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One hundred and twenty-nine were killed in Syria on 21/12/2013, among them ten women and 19 children. The largest number killed were from Aleppo, in which 49 were killed, among them six that perished in shelling on Bayanoun (rural Aleppo) and four in al-Marja. In Daraa, 22 were killed, among them 11 that died in […]

Cluster Munitions: Nations Condemn Syrian Use

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(Lusaka) – The international treaty banning cluster munitions is gaining in strength despite Syria’s use of the weapons, Human Rights Watch said today as a diplomatic meeting of the convention concluded in Lusaka, Zambia. “Syria is on the wrong side of history as it uses cluster bombs against its own people,” said Steve Goose, arms director at […]

WORLD REPORT 2013: Syria

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  Syria’s uprising turned increasingly bloody in 2012 as the government’s crackdown on anti-government protests developed into an entrenched armed conflict. Government forces and pro-government militia known asshabeeha continue to torture detainees and commit extrajudicial killings in areas under their control. Some opposition forces have also carried out serious abuses like kidnapping, torture, and extrajudicial executions. […]

Syria: New Air, Missile Strikes Kill Civilians

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At Least 84 Dead in Unlawful Aleppo Attacks   (New York) – New Syrian government air and missile strikes are causing high civilian casualties in opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. A Human Rights Watch team in northern Aleppo province has investigated recent attacks that […]

Syria: Aerial Attacks Strike Civilians

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59 Unlawful Attacks Documented in Northern Syria   (Aleppo) – The Syrian Air Force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians. These attacks are serious violations of international humanitarian law (the laws of war), and people who commit such violations with criminal intent are responsible for war crimes. […]