On 15/3/2011, civilian protests erupted in a number of Syrian cities, rapidly spreading to other cities, before transforming into military clashes which took place in parallel with the protests, consequently increasing the level of violence witnessed in the country. This report compiled by SHRC, documents the most prominent of violations witnessed in Syria over the […]
Syria: State profits from crimes against humanity as policy of enforced disappearances drives black market
The vast scale and chillingly orchestrated nature of tens of thousands of enforced disappearances by the Syrian government over the past four years is exposed in a new report by Amnesty International published today. Between prison and the grave: Enforced disappearances in Syria reveals that the state is profiting from widespread and systematic enforced disappearances […]
The Full List of Identified Torture Victims
Published images of torture victims leaked by a defected officer and photographer have led to the identification of more victims by their families. The defected officer, known as Ceasar, published approximately 2000 images of victims from 11 security apparatus’ in Syria. The photos have been published by “The Syrian Organisation for the Disappeared and Prisoners […]
Why are there no Statistics for Enforced Disappearances in Syria?
Despite how large and wide-scale the issue of enforced disappearances is in Syria, the numbers and statistics provided by human rights organisations- both Syrian and international- remain approximate, with differences between them sometimes reaching 100%, and no organisation being able to reveal the names of all those released. This is due to many reasons, some […]
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 […]