Statements by SNHR
Faten Fawwaz from a Ph.D. in Physics and Atomic science to forced-disappearance
SNHR has previously published several statements about Dr. Faten Fawwaz being imprisoned by the Syrian authorities. Nevertheless, most recently, Dr. Faten Fawwaz was transferred...
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...
Activists Not Released Despite Amnesty
(New York, July 18, 2014) – Scores of civil society activists, human rights defenders, media and humanitarian workers remain in arbitrary detention in Syria...
Dropping of Euphrates River Water Level Threatening thousands of residents
SNHR is following the effects of the dropping of Euphrates River water level on the Syrian side starting from Jarables, a border city with...
The Presidential Decree is Meaningless
109 cases of arrest including seven women were documented within a week of the decree
After a general amnesty decree was issued by Bashar Al-Assad...
Cutting off water in Al-Hajar Al-Aswad neighborhood threatens the lives of thousands of residents
The water in Al-Hajar Al-Aswad in the capital Damascus has been suddenly and completely cut off since 2 June, 2014 by the Syrian government....
The Syrian regime is exploiting passports renewal as a weapon of war
Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including...
The Syrian government is using minors’ money to finance its war on the Syrian opposition
On 25 May 2014, the High Sharia judge, Mahmood Al-Marawai, announced that the Ministry of Justice is about to adapt a law to “protect...
ISIS and the Syrian regime are threatening Der Ezzor
Der Ezzor has been sieged by ISIS and the Syrian regime for four days after As-Syasiya crossing was closed in the north of the...
The Syrian Government has been detaining a pregnant lady and her three sons for more than ten days
The Syrian government continues its brutal and oppressive policies against the Syrian people as there are dozens of new arresting cases that are being...