Detainees Statements
Joint letter for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, thousands of Syrian detainees continue to suffer torture and inhumane treatment in secret,...
Joint Statement: Syria: Free Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq Held for 4 Years
Renewed calls for Khalil Ma’touq’s release on 4th anniversary of detention
(Geneva, New York, October 04, 2016) – Syria should immediately release the Human Rights...
A Message to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the European Union...
Across Syria, tens of thousands of innocent civilians are currently being subjected to torture, starvation and sexual violence inside Assad regime prisons. As...
Joint statment: Fears of the life-threatening situation in As-Suwayda prison
The international community must meet its responsibilities and investigate the current events in As-Suwayda Central Prison
The Central Prison of As-Suwayda (an official civil detention...
Syria: Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on 4th anniversary of detention
(DATE) Syria’s authorities should reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and free speech activist, and release him immediately, 31 organizations...
Syria: Fears for Life of Free Expression Advocate
Bassel Khartabil, in Undiscloed Location, May Face Death Sentence
(Beirut, November 20, 2015) - Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom expression being held in conditions...
Syria: No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts
Bassel Khartabil Transferred to Undisclosed Location on October 3
(Beirut, November 4, 2015) – Syria’s authorities have yet to disclose the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil,...
Syria: Disclose Whereabouts of Detained Freedom of Expression Advocate
Release Bassel Khartabil Held Unfairly since 2012
(October 7, 2015) – Syria’s authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and...
Syria: Joint Statement Urging Release of Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
On the third anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his assistant and friend Mohamed Zaza, the undersigned...
Syria: Human rights organizations mark birthday of Razan Zaitouneh with renewed call for release of ‘Duma Four’
(Geneva, 28 April 2015) - To mark the 38th birthday (on April 29) of missing human rights defender and lawyer Razan Zaitouneh, head of...