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Daily Report on Human Rights Violations in Syria: 16/02/2018

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SHRC has documented the death of 10 people in Syria today, among them three children and one woman. In Deir Azzour five people- whose limbs were collected from underneath a school that housed displaced people- were killed. The building, in the town of Khusham, was targeted for four months by Syrian regime forces. Two were […]

Daily Report on Human Rights Violations in Syria: 15/02/2018

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The number of victims documented by SHRC today are 21 people, including five children and two women. Nine were killed in Rif Dimashq when missile bombing targeted residential areas on the outskirts of the city. Seven were killed in Idlib due to Russian bombing on the city of Tarmala, including a voluntary paramedic and a […]

Destruction of al-Rahma Hospital in Khan Sheikhoun

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Russian warplanes targeted al-Rahma Hospital in Khan Sheikhoun in the southern suburb of Idlib with four consecutive attacks, destroying a significant part of it, and rendering it out of service whilst also burning ambulances parked in its vicinity. This is not the first time that Al Rahma Hospital has been targeted. It was targeted last […]

Syrian Refugees Die in Lebanese Army Prisons

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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 […]

On the Anniversary of the Lifting of the State of Emergency: The State was Lifted, the Emergencies Remain

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On 21/4/2011, the state of emergency in Syria which had been in operation since 8/3/1963 was lifted by the legislative decree 161, ending the longest state of emergency in modern history, as well as shutting down the infamous Supreme State Court on the same day. The text which had declared a state of emergency by […]

Syrian Refugees Exceed Four Million: Four Years of Violations

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Syrian refugees have exceeded the four million mark for the first time since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in March 2011- according to the statistics of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)- making them the highest number of refugees in the world since the migration of 4.6 million Afghani’s from their country in […]

Mediterranean Deaths Tragedy: Ignoring the Causes will lead to further Tragedies

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On Sunday 19/4/2015, a shipping boat carrying illegal immigrants attempting to reach the shores of Italy sunk in the Mediterranean, leading to the death of around 700 people with only 24 survivors that managed to remain on the ship. It is thought that many of the immigrants on board were Syrians who were searching for […]

The UN High Commissioner’s Report on Torture in Syria

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The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights has issues a detailed report on the use of torture and inhumane methods practised in Syrian Prisons and Centres of detention. The report described a widespread pattern of torture and ill treatment against individuals practised in government controlled areas. However, the report also documented reports concerning the use […]

RSF : On the second anniversary of the arrest of Mazen Darwish the human rights situation remains critical as two more human rights defenders are targeted

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16 February 2014 marked the two-year anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish. Despite the international reaction and calls for his release and that of his colleagues the situation for human rights defenders in Syria remains critical. On 17 February 2014, the home of detained human rights defender Khalil Ma’touq […]