Syria

Human Rights in SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Amnesty International  Report 2013


The 2013 Annual Report on
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Syria: Summary killings and other abuses by armed opposition ...
14 March 2013

The dead bodies found every day in towns and villages across Syria bearing marks of execution-style killing and torture are the grim evidence of mounting war crimes ...

Report       MDE 24/008/2013

Syria: Amnesty International launches two briefings exposing gross ...
13 March 2013

PressItem       MDE 24/011/2013

Syria: Men in video “confessions” feared tortured
12 March 2013

Four Syrian men identified in televised “confessions” as involved in a plot to assassinate Syria's president have been held incommunicado for 10 weeks, during ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/007/2013

Major powers fuelling atrocities: Why the world needs a robust ...
12 March 2013

Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2013

Amnesty International | World powers urged to support a robust ...
12 March 2013

Arms supplied by the world's major powers are among those contributing to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and blighting the livelihoods of millions of ...

Press Release      

Wire, March/April 2013. Vol. 43, issue 02
1 March 2013

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Not forgotten: A return to South Sudan 3) Enough! Time for a strong Arms Trade Treaty 4) We're unlocking the truth about secret renditions ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2013

Syria: Further information: Prosecutor denies holding Syrian ...
20 February 2013

There are increased concerns for the well-being of prominent Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma'touq after the state denied holding him, despite the fact that ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/006/2013

Syria: Further information: Syrian doctors to soon be sentenced
19 February 2013

Dr Mahmoud Al Refaai and Dr Mohamad Osama Al-Baroudi, arrested in Syria on 16 and 18 February 2012 respectively, were referred to a Military Field Court in September ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/001/2013

Refugees from Syria face further suffering if Jordan closes border ...
18 January 2013

Jordanian Prime Minister says his country would not allow flow of refugees into its territory if President al-Assad's government falls.

Story      

Syria: Joint statement: Syria refugee crisis – EU should do more
17 January 2013

JOINT STATEMENT: SYRIA REFUGEE CRISIS – EU SHOULD DO MORE With no end in sight to egregious violence and human rights abuse in Syria, Amnesty International ...

Public Statement       MDE 24/004/2013