January 4, 2019
A New Constitution is Not the Solution for Syria
While implementing a comprehensive and inclusive process certainly poses challenges, it not only can create a superior document, with more public buy-in, but the experience of participation can help citizens learn how to have peaceful dialogue across political differences
December 24, 2018
Assad’s government is doubling down on the killing of political prisoners as
“There was no room for leniency on my second visit,” one man said. “Almost everyone in that room was sentenced to death. They were reading the sentences aloud
December 23, 2018
Let’s not forget the suffering of Syrians
This is our collective legacy of non-intervention. True, no British soldiers have died, but we have seen regular terror attacks in the UK, up to 1 million dead in Syria
December 19, 2018
Just before its collapse in its last enclave, ISIS executes more than 700 prisoners and detainees, transfers hundreds to the west of Euphrates, and releases a similar number
The same sources also confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the Organization intentionally transferred 350 to 400 detainees and abductees it has; through Euphrates River to its enclave in Homs and Deir Ezzor west of Euphrates River
December 3, 2018
The Assassination of Raed Fares, and the Day the Syrian Revolution Died
Last Friday, in Kafranbel, a van began following Fares and his friend Hamoud Juneid, a Radio Fresh reporter, as they drove through town. Men in the van opened fire on Fares’s vehicle
December 1, 2018
231 civilians killed in Syria last month
According to the report, three civilians were killed by armed opposition groups in Syria last month, while 47 others were killed by unidentified groups
November 29, 2018
Premeditated murder and mass killing
These crimes have been documented by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the independent, international commission of inquiry established by council resolution S-17/1 of 23 August 2011.
November 21, 2018
SNHR: Over 28,000 Children Killed in Syria
In its latest report, The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented the number of children killed in Syria since the start of the war writes The Syrian Observer
November 15, 2018
Towards Accountability and Justice to End Impunity in Syria
The negotiations and political process in Geneva will not be able to establish a sustainable peace for any future state in Syria without a genuine accountability process and revealing the fate of Syria's disappeared is at its core. Therefore, we believe that it is our duty and the duty of countries that believe in human rights to prioritise enabling victims to reach justice and ensure there is no impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in Syria up to this day
