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Five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters of various nationalities are suffering abuse ...
Many countries whose citizens traveled to Syria to join IS have been reluctant to repatriate them, as have local communities in Syria. "People held in this system are facing large-scale violations of their rights, some of which amount to war crimes,” Nicolette Waldman, Amnesty’s senior crisis advisor, told journalists.
Turk, an Austrian lawyer, will visit Syria and Lebanon from Jan. 14-16 and meet with officials, civil society groups, diplomats and U.N. bodies, the U.N. statement said, without giving further ...
Syria at Human Rights Watch; Syria Charter of Rights and Freedoms Is a proposed modern system of human rights for adoption prior to a new Syrian constitution. 2010 Human Rights Report: Syria, U.S. Department of State, 8 April 2011 "Syria rights activist jailed for five years". Middle East Online. April 24, 2007.
Nadim Houry, a Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch argued that "Intentionally killing anyone, even a shabiha, once he is outside of combat is a war crime, regardless of how horrible the person may have been". [156] On 10 August 2012, a report indicated that Human Rights Watch was investigating rebel forces for such killings.
Human rights in Ba'athist Syria were effectively non-existent. The government's human rights record was considered one of the worst in the world. As a result, Ba'athist Syria was globally condemned by prominent international organizations, including the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, [1] [2] [3] and the European Union. [4]
A surprise offensive by rebel forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has led to a new round of fighting in the Middle Eastern country's long-running – but until recently ...
The Syrian government, in response, criticized the human rights record of Canada and The Netherlands, claimed that they were financing armed terrorist organizations in Syria, that they "serve the agendas of [the ICJ's] political American master", [5] and that the accusations are disinformation and lies. [6] Syria boycotted the first hearing. [7]