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The organization ” Same Justice ” welcomed the new arrest warrant issued by the French judiciary against the former Syrian regime leader, Bashar al-Assad. Following the fall of the former Syrian regime on December 8, 2024, the organization submitted a request to the French court to retry the deposed president Bashar al-Assad for the crimes…
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The organization “Same Justice” condemns the killings of Sudanese civilians following violent incidents that erupted in protest against the killing of other citizens in South Sudan. The organization affirms that the killings and violations taking place in Sudan constitute a breach of international humanitarian law. It calls on global organizations to take firm and immediate…
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Image source: Wikimedia Since the fall of the Syrian regime, searches and investigations into the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared have revealed the grim reality endured by Syrians. A large number of mass graves containing unidentified bodies have been uncovered, reflecting the severe violations committed against Syrians during the rule of the Assad…
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Image source: news.un On November 15, 2024, the United States reaffirmed its full support for the measures issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) one year ago, aimed at compelling the Syrian regime to prevent torture and other forms of cruel treatment, as well as protecting evidence related to these crimes. the International Court of…
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Image source: hrw Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the ongoing violations of detainees’ rights in prisons controlled by the Houthi movement in Yemen, highlighting deaths in custody and the lack of due process in trials of individuals detained by the group. In a November 14, 2024 report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailed disturbing practices, including…
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Image source: hrw On October 30, 2024, Human Rights Watch warned that Syrians fleeing violence in Lebanon face severe risks of repression, arrest, and persecution from the Syrian regime upon their return. The report highlighted that Syrians, particularly, men fleeing Lebanon risk arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance, torture, and even death in detention at the hands of…
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Image source: Andreas photography An investigation has uncovered a disturbing punitive method reportedly used by the Syrian regime’s security services against detained children. Since 2011, children arrested by these authorities have allegedly been detained without trial until reaching adulthood, when they are transferred to military courts and sentenced to death. Published on October 28, 2024, by…
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Image source: Rodrigo Suarez Venezuela has experienced an increase in human rights violations over the past year following a contested presidential election, according to the United Nations. On October 15, 2024, the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela submitted a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, citing arbitrary arrests, torture, and violence against children. Mainly,…
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Image source: wikimedia Afghan women continue to suffer from increasing restrictions and violations under Taliban rule. Despite ongoing UN meetings aimed at condemning these abuses, the reality remains that the rights of Afghan women are being systematically ignored. During the Third Committee meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Humanitarian, Cultural, and Social Matters on…
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Image source: rawpixel Armed gangs in Haiti are increasingly recruiting children into their ranks due to deteriorating conditions in the country, and girls are being subjected to abuse, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned. In a report published on October 9, 2024, HRW revealed that hundreds, if not thousands, of children have been forced into illegal activities…
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Image source: hrw On October 8, 2024, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report titled “We Try Not to Show: The Escalating Repression in Azerbaijan Against Critics and Civil Society,” detailing the Azerbaijani government’s efforts to “destroy civil society and silence critics by force.” According to the report, Azerbaijani authorities have arrested dozens of individuals on…
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Image source: hrw Human Rights Watch has expressed concern that entities affiliated with the de facto authorities in eastern Syria are continuing to recruit children. On October 2, 2024, the organization voiced its concerns about the ongoing “forced” recruitment of children (boys and girls as young as 12) by the Revolutionary Youth Movement, who are then…
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Image source: Wikimedia Amnesty International has criticized successive Iraqi governments on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the start of protests in Iraq. In a report published on September 30, 2024, the organization stated that the Iraqi governments have failed to ensure justice, reveal the truth, and provide compensation regarding the “deadly” crackdown that targeted…
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Image source: Civil Defense As September comes to a close, Syrians mark the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the Russian military intervention in their country, during which Moscow committed numerous violations against civilians despite international condemnations over the past years. At the official request of the head of the regime, Bashar al-Assad, after he lost…
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Image source: United Nations Photo The Atlantic Council has emphasized the urgent necessity of referring the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In an article published on September 26, 2024, titled “Member States Should Refer the Situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court,” the Atlantic Council (a nonpartisan think tank focused on…
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Image source: hrw On September 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch urged the authorities in Bangladesh to allow Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar to access protection and assistance. The organization estimated that around 18,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent months, escaping the ongoing abuses between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army. Human Rights Watch…
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Image source: caesar families org The website “Caesar Families Association” reported that families of victims affected by the Syrian regime have filed a criminal complaint in a German court against a group of officers involved in crimes against humanity. On September 23, 2024, four families who suffered at the hands of the Syrian intelligence services submitted…
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Two Syrian youths were killed under torture in Sednaya Prison, located near the capital, Damascus, after being detained for approximately two years. Local sources confirmed the death of the two Syrian youths, who were from Daraa Governorate in southern Syria. According to the source, the families of the two youths received their bodies on Saturday,…
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Image source: Facebook According to multiple sources, the young man, Abed al-Ghani Mounir, died under torture at the military security branch in Aleppo, northern Syria, after he had “regularized his status” and returned to regime-controlled areas from Turkey. Mounir was arrested by Syrian regime military security forces at a checkpoint after his arrival in Aleppo,…
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Image source: @Mh_Hemmatpour Two years since the break out of the well-known “Women, Life and Freedom” revolutionary demonstrations in Iran, amidst the Iranian authorities continue to commit violations and crimes against protesters and their families, with fully coverage of impunity. Amnesty International said that the Iranian authorities continue crack down on protesters in the “Women, Life…
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Image source: hrw International Organizations officially condemned the violations and humanitarian crimes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have continuously increased for more than 17 months. The European Union (EU) praised the UN report, which details the extensive violations in Sudan, calling on the concerned parties to show their…
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Image source: hrw Venezuelan authorities have been committing widespread abuses against protesters, opposition members, and critics in the aftermath of the July 28, 2024, presidential elections, Human Rights Watch reported. On September 4, 2024, the organization urged Venezuelan authorities to allow independent verification of the election results and called on the international community to support efforts…
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Image source: ishr.ch On September 4, 2024, the UN Human Rights Council declared that Syria remains “unsafe” for the return of refugees, emphasizing that the root causes of human rights violations have not been adequately addressed. In a statement ahead of its 57th session, scheduled from September 9 to October 11, 2024, the Council highlighted its…
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Image source: hrw Human Rights Watch declared on September 4, 2024, that the Lebanese Armed Forces and Cypriot authorities work together on preventing Syrian refugees from reaching Europe and then deporting them “in danger” to Syria. The 90-page report published by Human Rights Watch has been titled as: “I Can’t Go Home, Stay Here, or Leave:…
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Image source: flickr UN bodies have condemned a new Taliban law that prohibits women from speaking or showing their faces outside their homes. On August 28, 2024, UN Women expressed deep concern about the morality code recently enacted by the de facto authorities (Taliban) in Afghanistan. UN Women stated that the new law imposes wide-ranging restrictions…
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Image source: flickr 7 civilians were killed and 47 others were injured, due to Russian bombing attack against several cities in Ukraine for two consecutive days, as a reaction, international organizations condemned these bombings The Russian bombing killed 3 people following because of an attack against a hotel in the city of Kryvyi Rei (central Ukraine),…
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Image source: hrw “Peaceful opposition activists in Kazakhstan confront unjustified restrictions imposed by the state”, Human Rights Watch said. According to a report issued by Human Rights Watch on 27 August 2024, which affirmed that peaceful opposition activists and others in Kazakhstan are obviously subjected to a sentence of “unjustified” financial restrictions imposed by the state,…
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Image source: hrw Seven years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled persecution and violence in Myanmar, conflict continues in Rakhine State, located on the country’s west coast, resulting in an increase in casualties and displacement. On the seventh anniversary of the forced mass displacement of the Rohingya and other communities on August 25, UN Secretary-General…
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Image source: ungeneva Myanmar is targeting ethnic minorities, while international reports highlight “alarming” crimes against civilians. An international report has warned that the rate of crimes committed by the military in Myanmar is “alarmingly” rising across the country. In its annual report published on August 13, 2024, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations…
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Image source: wikimedia The UNHCR has stated that it does not encourage the large-scale voluntary return of Syrian refugees to their country at this time. In its monthly report for July, the UNHCR clarified on August 6, 2024, that it does not support the return of refugees to Syria due to the ongoing lack of necessary…
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Image source: wikimedia On August 5, 2024, the Chief of the Bangladeshi Army announced the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following the bloodiest day of weeks-long anti-government demonstrations. Army Commander Wackeruzzaman confirmed Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and her flight from the protests that began in early July 2024. In a speech on state television, the army…
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Image source: flickr An Iranian organization has revealed that the number of executions in Iran over the past seven months has surpassed 300, including several foreigners. On August 3, 2024, the Iranian Human Rights Organization (IHRNGO) published a report confirming that Iranian authorities carried out 305 executions between January and July 2024. The organization reported that…
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Image source: flickr Journalists and media workers in Greece are facing increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and press freedoms, which have intensified since 2021. Recently, the European Union published a report that praised Greece’s legal framework, sparking protests from 14 media and human rights organizations. These groups criticized the report for ignoring the erosion of…
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Image source: @pkroker2 Syrian lawyer and human rights activist Anwar al-Bunni confirmed that the German judiciary has upheld the life imprisonment sentence against former Syrian regime officer Anwar Raslan. Al-Bunni posted on his page on the platform X that the German Federal Court of Justice upheld the verdict issued by the Koblenz court in January 2022…
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Image source: flickr Amnesty International reported on July 31, 2024, that thousands of Yazidis are still missing in Syria and Iraq, despite having survived atrocities committed by ISIS. Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of ISIS’s attack on the Yazidi community in Iraq, Amnesty noted that thousands of Yazidi survivors of ISIS brutality remain unaccounted for, including…
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Image source: amnesty Amnesty International has revealed the conditions under which asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Samos are being illegally detained. According to Amnesty’s findings, the detention conditions for asylum-seekers in an EU-funded center on the island of Samos, Greece, are arbitrary and systematically illegal. The report, titled Samos: ‘We feel like we’re in prison…
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Image source: hrw International organizations have spoken about the suffering experienced by civilians in Sudan in general, and in the Darfur region (western Sudan) in particular, due to the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which has intensified for more than 15 months. “Widespread” Acts of Violence On July 28,…
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Paris, July 24, 2024 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has excluded Omar al-Aroub, the head of the Syrian regime’s Paralympic Committee, from participating in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games due to accusations of war crimes. The decision comes amid mounting pressure from Syrian opposition groups. According to Liberation, a leading French newspaper, al-Aroub was…
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Image source: pexels The European Council approved sanctions against these four individuals and two entities under the EU’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime for their responsibility in “serious” human rights violations worldwide. According to the European Union’s statement, the two Syrian officials included in the sanctions are Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and Chief of Staff…
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Image source: facebook The Syrian regime regained control of the town of Zakia in 2016 after it had been under the control of opposition factions. According to the report, these decisions are based on a decree issued in 2012, which authorizes the Ministry of Finance to freeze individuals’ assets under investigation on suspicion of “terrorism” under…
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Image source: wikipedia The Bangladeshi government has announced the indefinite closure of all schools and universities after weeks of ongoing student protests. On the night of July 16, 2024, the violence escalated when the police, along with armed members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, attacked the protesting…
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Syrian activists have called for a ban on a “war criminal” from attending the French Olympics, coming from areas controlled by the Syrian regime. Syrian human rights activists and journalists have launched a petition addressed to the Olympic Committee to prevent Omar Al-Aroub from participating in the Paris Olympics, which is set to commence on…
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A Syrian youth died under torture in the regime’s prisons on July 6, 2024, after being deported from Lebanon to Syria. The young man, Ahmad Nimer Al-Halli, was tortured in the notorious Palestine Branch in Damascus following his “forcible” deportation from Lebanon to his home country of Syria, leading to his death. Al-Halli, from the…
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Image source: hrw.org An official from the International Commission of Inquiry stated that Syrian refugees in neighboring countries are facing an “increasing” risk of deportation and forced return to Syria. During an interactive dialogue at the 56th session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry…
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Image source: news.un A United Nations expert has confirmed that torture operations are still ongoing in Syria, despite the International Court of Justice’s order to the regime to end torture seven months ago. Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, expressed her concern over reports confirming that torture is still widely practiced in…
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Syrian refugees in neighboring countries are facing the threat of deportation and are living under harsh conditions aimed at forcing them out of those countries and encouraging their “voluntary” return to their homeland. Turkey Turkey has seen new actions concerning Syrian refugees within its borders. Local websites have confirmed extensive inspection operations targeting Syrians in…
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Image source: wikimedia The recruitment of children remains a major concern for families in Syria, especially with the increasing incidents of abduction and recruitment by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), sending them to the front lines in various regions of Syria and Iraq. During the first half of June 2024, the Kurdish Independent Association in…
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June 26 marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, coinciding with the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which came into force in 1987. The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 52/149 on December 12, 1997, proclaimed June 26 as…
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Image source: wikimedia On June 25, 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two Russian officials on charges of committing crimes in Ukraine. The arrest warrants were issued for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov, on charges of committing international crimes, war crimes, and…
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A court under the Autonomous Administration sentenced a minor to three years in prison for insulting military leaders in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria. According to local sources and Syrian media, the court in the Al-Kallaseh neighborhood of Al-Hasakah city, affiliated with the Autonomous Administration, sentenced 12-year-old Ali Mohammad Al-Khabeel to three…
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Lebanese authorities have warned Syrians residing “illegally” in several towns to evacuate their homes. Two Lebanese MPs, along with security forces and other officials, participated in enforcing a decision by the Ministry of Interior and the Governor of North Lebanon. This decision mandated an ultimatum for the evacuation of Syrian refugees from the northern town…
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“They thought I was dead and left me before moving on to kill the rest of the village residents,” Abu Al-Abed recounted to Same Justice, describing his survival from the Al-Qubeir massacre. Abu Al-Abed an alias used for personal security reasons is one of the survivors of the massacre that occurred in the village of…
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On June 5, 2024, Wad al-Noura village in Gezira State, Sudan, witnessed the deaths of more than 100 individuals after the Rapid Support Forces stormed the area. Reports on the death toll from the Wad al-Noura massacre vary widely, ranging from 150 to 200 fatalities, including children, women, and the elderly. This discrepancy is largely…
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Human Rights Watch commemorated the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, emphasizing that survivors continue to face violations and repression from the Chinese government to this day. For 35 years, the Chinese government has refused to acknowledge responsibility for the killings or provide compensation to the victims’ families. Each year, individuals who attempt to…
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For about 3 months, opposition areas in northwestern Syria have been experiencing popular demonstrations against Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and its leader al-Julani, which began in Sarmada and then included several cities in Idlib province and rural Aleppo. Arrests have increased significantly over the past months against the backdrop of demonstrations that affected civilians, and demonstrations…
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A detainee with American citizenship died under torture in the prisons of the Syrian regime, after being detained for about 3 years, and he is the second American to announce his death within two weeks. Jamal al-Metni, a Syrian-American citizen, was arrested after an armed group stormed his home in Sweida governorate and kidnapped him…
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A video circulated on social media showed a kidnapped Syrian youth in Lebanon, pleading and appealing for a ransom to be paid for his release, while the Lebanese authorities did not comment on the video. The video shows the kidnapped young man being tortured by a gang after being kidnapped in the Hermel area in…
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Image source: flickr On May 24, 2024, a French court sentenced three senior Syrian regime officials to life imprisonment in absentia. The Paris Criminal Court convicted these officials of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes following the deaths of two French nationals detained in Syria in 2013. The court upheld the international arrest…
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On May 24, 2024, a French court sentenced three senior Syrian regime officials to life imprisonment in absentia. The Paris Criminal Court convicted these officials of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes following the deaths of two French nationals detained in Syria in 2013. The court upheld the international arrest warrants against Major…
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Amnesty International and a group of United Nations experts have called for the immediate release of five Baha’is who have been detained in Yemen for a year. In a report published on May 23, 2024, Amnesty International stated that the “de facto Houthi authorities” must release the five Baha’i detainees in Sana’a immediately and unconditionally.…
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On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the Criminal Court in Paris began the trial of three senior Syrian regime officials on charges of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in the deaths of French citizens. This trial (continuing until May 24) is the first of its kind in France, where senior…
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The daughter of the doctor, Majd Kam Almaz, announced on May 18, 2024, the death of her father under torture after his arrest in the prisons of the Syrian regime forces in 2017. Mariam Kam Almaz posted on the site X, confirming that the Syrian government had kidnapped her father and killed him in their…
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Image source: flickr On May 17, 2024, Amnesty International called on the Jordanian authorities to immediately stop the forced deportation of two detained refugees to Syria. Amnesty stated that Jordan must immediately halt the forced deportation of the two Syrian refugees who are believed to be “facing real risks of severe human rights violations if…
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Lebanon has resumed deporting Syrians in its country to their country, after a “racist” campaign against which Syrians were subjected throughout the previous period, in light of the spread of reminders from international bodies that Syria is still “unsafe.” On May 14, 2024, the Lebanese General Directorate of Public Security re-operated two “voluntary return” flights…
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Image source: flickr The month of May will witness the start of the trial of Syrian regime officials Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan, and Abdel Salam Mahmoud before the French Court of Assizes, after 13 months of waiting. The court accuses the regime officials of complicity in committing crimes against humanity and war crimes, including the…
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Image source: needpix Over the past 14 years in Syria, tens of thousands of people have lost their lives under torture in Syrian prisons, while thousands of detainees have been forcibly disappeared since 2011 until today. The conditions of detention and imprisonment in Syria are unlike those in other countries. Prisoners suffer from harsh conditions,…
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Image source: hrw Human Rights Watch has deemed that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur, Sudan, are conducting “ethnic cleansing” operations against “non-Arab” ethnicities. On May 9, 2024, Human Rights Watch published a report stating that the RSF and allied militias in Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State in Sudan, killed thousands of…
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Source of Picture: syacd On May 7, 2014, the province of Homs in central Syria witnessed the departure of the first batch of what were dubbed as “opposition fighters” from their city, marking the beginning of a series of forced displacement of civilians that affected several Syrian cities, with the latest being in 2018. About…
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Source of Picture: 3omalasyr Syrians recalled the eleventh anniversary of the Bayda massacre in the countryside of Banias on the Syrian coast west of Syria, committed by the Syrian regime forces, which claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians, and called for holding all perpetrators of the crime accountable. On May 2 and 3, 2013,…
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Lebanon has witnessed the departure of thousands of Syrians over the past four months due to the harsh living conditions and increasing campaigns of repression and forced deportation against them, which have included activists and defectors from the Syrian regime. The International Organization for Migration confirmed on April 30, 2024, that 3,000 Syrians had left…
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Image source: picryl Amnesty International condemned the execution of 13 men by Iraqi authorities, after they were convicted on terrorism-related charges described as “vague and broad.” In a report published on April 25, 2024, Amnesty International called on the Iraqi government to immediately halt all executions. On April 22, the Iraqi authorities executed 13 men…
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It seems that the pleas to the United Kingdom not to activate the migration law to Rwanda have fallen on deaf ears, despite the devastating impact of this law and the endangerment of the lives of refugees who sought safety in Britain. The British Home Office has stated that it has begun to identify asylum…
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Image source: needpix Human Rights Watch considered the new Kazakh law aimed at protecting women and children from violence as incomplete. The organization published a report on April 23, 2024, assessing the Kazakh government’s efforts to improve the new law aimed at enhancing the protection of women and children from violence, including survivors of domestic violence.…
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Amnesty International warned in its report on the human rights situation for the years 2023-2024 of the accelerating pace of the collapse of “the rule of law” due to the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technologies, developed by giant technology companies, which enhances the risks of human rights violations. Amnesty International added that the use…
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Source of Picture: pxhere The US Department has spoken about the “crimes” of the Chinese government against its citizens, especially towards Muslim minorities and other ethnicities in Xinjiang, describing them as “genocide and crimes against humanity”. The US Department published its annual report on human rights practices for the year 2023, addressing the Chinese…
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On April 22, 2024, Human Rights Watch released a report detailing serious violations committed by Iranian security forces during their suppression of protests in 2022 and 2023. Human Rights Watch stated that Iranian security forces “sexually assaulted and tortured detainees” during the protests of 2022 and 2023, considering what it described as “serious violations” to…
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Amnesty International released a report on April 17, 2024, discussing violations against detainees in areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria. The report highlighted systematic violations against more than 56,000 detainees, including 14,500 women and 30,000 children, leading to the deaths of many due to inhumane conditions in at least 29…
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A member of the Syrian regime’s National Defense Forces faces a possible life sentence for committing “war crimes”, as the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, began hearing the charges against him. The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office filed charges before the State Security Council of the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg on March 62, last…
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Every year, Syrians and human rights activists commemorate the anniversary of the “Tadamon massacre,” which occurred on April 16, 2013. During this event, elements of the Syrian regime executed a group of civilians by throwing them into a pit and then shooting them. On April 27, 2022, The Guardian newspaper published an investigation revealing that…
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The Swedish judiciary held the first sessions of the trial of a former brigadier general in the Syrian regime forces, accused of committing “war crimes” and inciting them in 2012. The former brigadier general appeared before the Stockholm court in Sweden on April 15, 2024, in the first hearing session, accused of committing “war crimes”…