Violations Recorded Across All Areas of Control Are Further Evidence that Syria in its Entirety is Unsafe for the Return of Refugees Languages Available In English عربي   Press Release: (Download the full report below) The Hague – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) today released its monthly special report summarizing the human rights situation in Syria, as well as documenting the most prominent human rights violations committed by the parties to the conflict and the dominant forces in Syria in the previous month, March 2024. Amongst other subjects, the report notes that the ..read more

SNHR Reiterates its Calls for the CWC State Parties to File a Lawsuit Against the Syrian Regime Before the ICJ Languages Available In English عربي   The Hague – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) This week marks the seventh anniversary of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun city on April 4, 2017, and the sixth anniversary of the regime’s chemical weapons attack on Douma city on April 7, 2018. In relation to the attack on Khan Sheikhoun city, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented the deaths from suffocation of 91 civilians, including 3 ..read more

A total of 3,471 civilians, including 919 children, have been documented as killed by anti-personnel landmines in Syria since 2011 Languages Available In English عربي   Press release: (Download the full statement below) The Hague – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) noted in a statement released today, entitled, ‘On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, We Are Still Discovering New Areas Contaminated With Landmines in Syria, With More Deaths and Injuries Recorded Across the Country’, that it has documented 3,471 civilian deaths, including 919 ..read more

The Syrian Regime Continues to Violate the ICJ Order Languages Available In English عربي   Press release: (Download the full report below) The Hague – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed in its latest monthly report released today that no fewer than 203 cases of arbitrary arrests were documented in March 2023, with those detained including eight children and six women. The group also noted that the Syrian regime continues to violate the ICJ order. The 21-page report notes that, given the staggering rates of continuing arbitrary arrests, the number of Syrian citizens c ..read more

58 Civilians Killed, Including Three Children and 12 Women, While Gathering Desert Truffles Since the Beginning of 2024 Languages Available In English عربي   Press release: (Download the full report below) The Hague – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed in its latest report, released today, that 102 civilians were killed in Syria in March 2024, including 11 children and 14 women, as well as five individuals who died due to torture. The organization also notes that a total of 58 civilians have been killed while gathering truffles since the beginning of 2024, including ..read more

Languages Available In English عربي   Press release: (Download the full statement below) On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), represented by its Executive Director Fadel Abdulghany, participated in an event held by the British Embassy in the Netherlands, entitled, ‘Access to Truth and Justice for Victims’. The aim of the event, which featured a host of legal advisors/diplomatic representatives from various embassies in The Hague and from international organizations and NGOs, was to promote a better understanding of the primary importance of justice ..read more

Languages Available In English عربي   Amjad Walid Idrees, born in 1994, was a student at the Al Baath University’s Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the time of his arrest by Syrian regime forces in 2014. Amjad, who was originally from al-Qsair city in rural Homs governorate, was arrested on March 31, 2014, by regime forces in front of the Immigration and Passport Department in Homs city. He has been forcibly disappeared ever since with the regime denying holding him and refusing to allow anyone, even a lawyer, to visit him. Amjad rose to popular prominence with the ..read more

Languages Available In English عربي   On March 11, 2024, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) issued charges of war crimes & crimes against humanity against Rifaat Assad for his involvement in the monstrous Hama city massacre that took place in February 1982. The list of charges includes issuing orders for committing crimes of murder, torture, cruel mistreatment, and unlawful arrest, in addition to cases of torture, sexual violence, and enforced disappearance, all of which took place during the siege on Hama city as part of a sweeping three-week offensive in Fe ..read more

The US, Germany, UK, Netherlands, and France Reiterate Their Position of No Lifting of  Sanctions, No Reconstruction, and No Normalization With the Assad Languages Available In English عربي   On Friday, March 15, 2024, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) held an event marking the 13th anniversary of the start of the popular uprising in Syria, entitled, ‘Thirteen Years of Death, Torture, and Disappearance: Examining Human Rights Abuses and Accountability Opportunities in Syria”. Sponsored by the Untied States, Germany, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France, the event ..read more

The Heroic Syrian People Who Rose and Confronted the World’s Most Vicious Dictatorial Regime 13 Years Ago Have been Abandoned in Their Quest for a Democratic Political Transition Languages Available In English عربي   Press release: (Download the full report below) The Hague – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced today in a report marking the 13th anniversary of the popular uprising for democracy in Syria that it has documented the deaths of 231,278 Syrian civilians, including 15,334 who died due to torture, in addition to the arbitrary arrest/enforced disappearance of ..read more