Syria Human Rights

• Canada, Netherlands taking Syria to World Court over torture claims

  The joint application seeks to hold the government of President Bashar al-Assad accountable for gross human rights violations and torture under the U.N. Convention against Torture.

  World

  Jun 12, 2023
  
• Explosion in Syria’s Idlib province kills 23, including 7 civilians: war monitor

  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion targeted the headquarters of a minor rebel faction in Idlib.

  World

  Jan 7, 2018
  
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• Thousands tortured, executed by Syrian government: Amnesty International

  The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, Amnesty International said.

  World

  Feb 6, 2017