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Türkiye has been effectively fighting all forms, manifestations of terrorism in line with rule of law and respect for ...
Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination of ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday that human rights violations have triggered conflict in Syria, stifled dissent in Burundi and led to repression in Myanmar — and ...
In our news wrap Friday, rebels in Syria are being accused of killing at least 190 civilians and kidnapping hundreds of others in attacks on Aug. 4. Human Rights Watch says Islamist groups led the ...
The U.N. human rights office will send a small team of human rights officers to Syria next week for the first time in years following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, U.N. spokesperson ...
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) underscores the critical importance of integrating women into Syria’s transitional justice process. Women have endured systemic violations – including ...
After being entrusted with the Caesar files, Human Rights Watch published a damning report in 2015 entitled If the Dead Could Speak. Three years later, Amnesty International reported evidence of ...
At least 350,209 people have been killed in the decade-old war in Syria, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday in its first report since 2014 on the death toll, adding that the ...
Human Rights Watch has previously documented the torture, mistreatment, and extrajudicial execution of peaceful protestors in Syria, including in the capital’s security branches.
On September 18, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Netherlands, Stef Blok, announced that the Netherlands had taken a decision to hold Syria responsible under international law for ...
The effective participation of women and attention to women’s rights issues is a critical element to any effort to end the violence and promote a sustainable peace in Syria, Human Rights Watch said ...