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Press Release
Syria: Arbitrary detentions and blatantly unfair trials mar PYD fight against terrorism
The Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led autonomous administration in northern Syria is using a crackdown against terrorism and the armed group…
September 8, 2015
Press Release
Charges Filed Against Syrian Official for Torture of Maher Arar, Survivor of Rendition in US War on Terror
Today, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged a Syrian official for the torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar almost…
September 1, 2015
Press Release
The Day of the Disappeared: Enforced disappearances continue unabated in every region of the world
The use of enforced disappearance by governments to silence its critics and instill fear into targeted groups continues unabated in…
August 27, 2015
Press Release
Syria: War crimes amplify suffering of Eastern Ghouta’s bombed and besieged civilians
Relentless aerial bombardment and shelling by Syrian government forces is magnifying the suffering of civilians trapped under siege and facing…
August 17, 2015
Report
‘Left To Die Under Siege’: War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses in Eastern Ghouta
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Eastern Ghouta, an area to the north and east of Damascus that has been…
August 14, 2015
Press Release
Syrian activist Mazen Darwish freed after three-year ordeal that included torture
Today’s conditional release of Mazen Darwish, a human rights activist who had been jailed on trumped-up terrorism-related charges, ends the…
August 10, 2015
Report
“Death Everywhere:” War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses in Aleppo
Sheer terror and unbearable suffering has forced many civilians in Aleppo to eke out an existence underground to escape the…
May 4, 2015
Report
Al-Raqqa Under Attack: Syrian Air Force Strikes Against Civilians
A report by Amnesty International provides damning evidence that Syrian government forces unlawfully killed scores of civilians in a series…
March 17, 2015
Report
State of the World 2014/2015
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up…
February 25, 2015
Report
Untold Stories of Syria’s Most Vulnerable Refugees in New Amnesty Report
This report throws the spotlight on the human face of Syria’s refugee crisis, through the stories of eight people and…
February 3, 2015
Report
Left Out in the Cold: Syrian Refugees Abandoned by the International Community
World leaders are failing to offer protection to Syria’s most vulnerable refugees with catastrophic consequences. "Left Out in the Cold:…
December 4, 2014
Report
Struggling to Survive: Refugees from Syria in Turkey
The international community’s failure to deal with the growing number of Syrian refugees fleeing into Turkey has led to a…
November 18, 2014