Detainees and Forcibly Disappeared Persons
Mazin Darwish transfered from Damascus central prison to an undisclosed place
The Syrian authorities have transferred the journalist and human rights activist Mazin Darwish from Damascus central prison -Adra prison-, where he was previously being...
Release Khalil Ma’touq Immediately, Unconditionally
(Geneva October 2, 2014) – The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally free the prominent human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his colleague Mohamed...
The Syrian regime Releases Three Women and Five Men for a Colonel
After nearly two months of negotiations between the Syrian regime, represented by the minister of justice, governor of Damascus, and “Al-Bustan Association” (An association...
Dr. Jalal Noufal and imprisonment during Hafez Al-Assad era and Bashar Al-Assad era
Jalal Noufal, psychiatrist, was arrested from 1983 until 1991 for affiliating to a leftist party. During Bashar Al-Assad’s rule, Dr. Jalal was arrested again...
The Syrian chess champion is forcibly disappeared inside the Syrian regime detention centers
Dr. Ranya Al-Abbasi, born in 1970, is a dentist who started playing chess since she was a little girl. She was Syria’s and the...
Condemnation of Sentencing a journalist in Syria to 15 years by Military Court
Government forces arrested the journalist Bilal Ahmad Bilal, graduated from Faculty of Media since July 2011. He was born in 1984 and a father...
Journalist and human rights defender Kamal Sheikho arrested
He was arrested by government forces in Aleppo then he was transferred to Damascus.
SNHR notes that the detainee Kamal Shaikh Jamil is subjected to...
Bring back our mother Mariam, a documented report on the abduction of Mrs Majida Adnan Mahmoud
On 19 May a patrol of the Syrian Air force in civilian and military outfits stormed a photocopy center in Ibn Seana Street in...
Arrest of the Media Activist Omer Aziz
A media activist, was born in Al Amara neighborhood in Damascus, married and father of three girls and a boy.
He was arrested by the...
The Arrest of Khaled Abdul Khaleq
Name: Khaled Abd Al Khaliq.
Age: 72- years-old
Arrested by members affiliated to Syrian Intelligence in Jableh city.
SNHR notes that the detainee Khalid Abd Al Khaliq...