Media activist in Idlib threatened to break his hands Photographer and media activist Ahmed Nihad al-Haj Zaidan revealed, in a post on his Facebook site, that he had received a threat from the security official of the “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” faction in the city of Sarmin in Idlib countryside, by directly breaking his hands, accusing […]
Arrest, Death under torture & Release in September 2021
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 […]
Arrests, Deaths, and Releases in December 2020
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented in its report on the arrest in December 2020 that the regime forces arrested 4 people, the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces arrested 54 people, the opposition National Army arrested 41 people, and the HTS arrested 11 people. Throughout the month, SHRC also documented that the families of 12 […]
Corona pandemic threatens the lives of detainees in Syrian prisons
Urgent appeal for the release of political detainees The risk of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues to pose a major threat to the lives of prisoners of conscience in Syrian prisons and detention centers, and can affect the lives of thousands and cause severe humanitarian disasters, especially in the inhumane conditions they suffer […]
Daily report of victims of human rights violations in Syria 21-11-2019
civilians killed by HTS on Aleppo neighbourhoods The total number of victims documented by the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) in Syria on Thursday 21-11-2019 reached 11 people, including 3 children, 1 woman, and 1 person killed under torture. In Aleppo province, 6 people were killed, 5 of them by several shells that fell on […]
Daily report of victims of human rights violations in Syria 7-11-2019
Civil Defence members rescue a child after Russian air strike The total number of victims documented by the Syrian Human Rights Committee) on Thursday, 7-11-2019 reached 11 people including 3 children and 1 woman. In Idlib province, 10 people were killed, of whom 4 killed by HTS when they stormed Kafr Takharim city, 3 people […]
HTS kidnapped and tortured a medical doctor
Dr. Othman al-Hasan, who works at “Shaheed Mohammed Bas Hospital” in Ma’aret Misrin in rural Idlib was kidnapped and beaten by an armed groups of HTS late last night. He was attacked and shot in the foot, before being referred to Bab Al-Hawa hospital for treatment – which wasn’t completed as he was kidnapped and […]
Civilian casualties in factional clashes in Western Aleppo countryside
The clashes that broke out in the western countryside of Aleppo between armed factions led to the killing of six civilians, including two children, and injuring several others. On Tuesday morning, HTS launched an attack on the towns of Darat ‘Azza, Taqad and Jabal Barakat, which are controlled by the Zinki faction, using heavy and […]
Daily report of victims of human rights violations in Syria 22-12-2018
Sheikh Mohammed Mahmoud al-Khader tortured to death for refusing to deliver Shia Athan The total number of victims documented by the Syrian Human Rights Committee in Syria on Saturday 22-12-2018 reached 5 persons. In the province of Aleppo, 3 members of a family, a man, his wife and their young son were killed by unknown […]
Tahrir Asham shoots a bus and kills a child
Fire was opened from a checkpoint belonging to HTS on Saturday morning on a mini public transport bus at the junction of Batbo town near Ma’arat al-Nu’man in Idlib countryside, killing a 10-year-old boy on the bus. According to the passengers’ testimony on the bus, the driver stopped, and an armed element asked him to […]