Bombing which targeted rural Hama led to the injury of Tayim al-Hasan (a correspondent of al-Jisr TV channel), Saif al-Abdullah (correspondent of the Orient TV channel), Mohammed Huwaish (correspondent of Smart TV channel), and Iyad Abul Joud (correspondent of Asi Press). The men were injured whilst covering the clashes taking place between the regime and […]
Daraya Journalist Killed by Tank Shell
Journalist photographer, Majd Abu Shafeeq (also known as Majd Daraya), was killed when targeted by a tank shell as he covered the clashes taking place between armed opposition factions and Syrian regime forces close to Daraya (rural Damascus) on Friday. Majd Abu Shafeeq, born 1995, is considered one of the most prominent of journalists in […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 07/12/2015
The death toll in Syria on Monday 07/12/2015 reached 130 deaths including 31 children, 19 women and one killed under torture. A staggering 44 civilians were killed in Aleppo; 26 in shelling on al-Salheen and al-Halk neighbourhoods (Aleppo) and the towns of Kafr Hamra and Deir Jamal (rural Aleppo), 13 in mortar shelling on areas […]
Camera Man Injured in rural Homs
Aljazeera News channel has announced that its camera man, Zakariya Ibrahim, was injured in Homs when a bullet was shot at his head by regime forces as he fulfilled his media duties in covering clashes between armed forces and the Syrian regime. The channel said that the incident took place in Taldu, in the northern […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 27/09/2015
The death toll in Syria on Sunday 27/09/2015 reached 48 deaths including 12 children and one killed under torture. In Idlib, 14 civilians were killed; one in clashes with government forces, 13 in shelling on al-Sa’n al-Aswad, al-Qaryatain, and additional victims documented in a massacre at al-Waer neighbourhood on Saturday 26/09/2015. Aleppo witnessed the […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 6/01/2015
The total death toll in Syria on Tuesday 6/1/2015 reached 13 deaths including a child and four under torture. In Deir Azzour four civilians were killed; three in clashes with government forces and one shot by a regime sniper. Aleppo witnessed the killings of three civilians; a father and son were killed under torture in […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 29/10/2014
The total death toll in Syria on Wednesday 29/10/2014 reached 23 deaths including three children, a woman and one killed under torture. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs eight civilians were killed; four in clashes with government forces, two by regime snipers, a woman due to shelling and one was executed by unknown assailants. […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 25/10/2014
The total death toll in Syria on Saturday 25/10/2015 reached 51 deaths including 18 children, three women, three killed under torture, one from poisonous gases and a journalist. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs 14 civilians were killed; 11 in shelling on the towns of al-Ghouta and eight were killed in shelling on the […]
An American Journalist is Released 22 months after his Abduction
The American Journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, has been released after almost two years of abduction. Curtis was abducted in early October 2012. It is thought that “The Nusra Front” or an organisation close to the Nusra were behind his abduction. John Kerry, the American Foreign Minister, announced today that the journalist was finally returning to […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 24/05/2014
The death toll on Saturday 24/5/2014 reached 53 deaths including a woman and four children. Among those killed; four from Daraa were killed as a result of the explosion of a mine planted by the regime in al-Sheikh Miskeen. Additionally a man in his thirties from al-Intharat (Aleppo) was killed by the bombing of explosive […]