News & Views


March 6, 2020
The State of Justice Syria 2020
highlight key violations that have occurred in 2019


March 5, 2020
In February 2020: Media professional killed, Russia tops violators
The Syrian regime and Russia committed the most serious violations (killing and injuring) in February 2020


March 3, 2020
Geneva: SNHR participates in a high-level side event at the UN Human Rights Council HQ on the issue of detainees and torture in Syria
Soumaia Alolabi, a survivor of arrest and torture, also spoke about the torture she witnessed and experienced at the hands of the Syrian regime’s forces and security services


February 25, 2020
SNHR Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Humanitarian Outcomes in the AWSD Project
The AWSD, which became publicly available online in 2009, is the most comprehensive global database of the major incidents of violence recorded against aid workers since 1997 to date


February 22, 2020
‘We have nothing left’: displaced Syrians wait out war in Idlib
With the closed Turkish border behind them and Russian-backed forces at the horizon, Syrians have nowhere left to run


February 19, 2020


February 19, 2020
Syrian-Russian Alliance Forces Target 67 Medical Facilities in Northwest Syria Since April 26, 2019
The United States of America Should Intervene to Stop Russian War Crimes and Bombardment of Medical Facilities


February 18, 2020
Searching for Missing Persons in Northeast Syria
Assessment & Recommendations for the First Responders’ Team


February 16, 2020
Families trapped by Assad’s assault on Idlib fight to survive in the snow
Vast numbers of people are caught between regime bombings and closed Turkish border