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Syria marks one year since Assad’s fall - survivors demand truth and justiceAs people in Syria mark one year since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Amnesty International reiterates the urgent need for Syria’s new authorities to break with the past and commit to delivering justice, truth and reparations…
08 Dec 2025 Press release -
Syria: ‘Killed in cold blood’ – government and affiliated forces extrajudicially executed Druze people – new investigationVideos and eyewitness testimony reveal 46 Druze men and women deliberately and unlawfully killed in Suwayda in July
01 Sep 2025 Press release -
Syria: Authorities have a 'legal and moral' duty to investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls28 Jul 2025 Press release -
Syria: New government must prioritise justice, truth and accountability to prevent further abuse - Amnesty warnsSyria’s new government faces a crucial opportunity to break with a legacy of grave human rights violations
16 May 2025 Press release -
Egypt: Ahmadi minority must be protected from arrest, disappearance and threatened deportation08 Apr 2025 Press release
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Syria: 'Brutal mass killings' of Alawite civilians must be investigated as war crimes - new evidenceAmnesty’s Crisis Evidence Lab verified videos and photos, conducted weapons analysis, and analysed satellite imagery
03 Apr 2025 Press release -
Syria: 'Horrific' killings of civilians on northwest coast must be investigatedSyria: 'Horrific' killings of civilians on northwest coast must be investigated
10 Mar 2025 Press release -
Syria: urgent need to preserve evidence of Assad-era human rights crimes‘Every additional minute of inaction heightens the risk that a family may never discover the fate of their missing loved one’ - Shadi Haroun
23 Dec 2024 Press release -
A Survivor of Assad's Dungeons Reflects on the Fall of the RegimeA Survivor of Assad's Dungeons Reflects on the Fall of the Regime
13 Dec 2024 Blog post -
UK: Syrian refugees must not be left stuck in 'asylum limbo'
‘Syrian refugees and the fall of Assad’ - calls for a speedy resumption to decision-making and for the future of the Syrian people to be prioritised over any short-sighted ambition to return refugees
12 Dec 2024 Press release -
Europe: Don't sacrifice Syrians to European anti-refugee politics
Shortly after the ousting of President Assad, European countries including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the UK announced that they would review their asylum practices in light of these developments, mainly by considering or enacting a suspension of pending asylum applications by Syrians.
10 Dec 2024 Press release -
Iraq: detainees in ISIS 'rehabilitation' centre subjected to torture - new investigation29 Oct 2024 Press release
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From Darkness to Light - Hope for Syria's DisappearedAhmad Helmi, human rights defender, survivor & manager of Ta'afi, writes on the historic win at the United Nations to find the 100'000+ missing Syrians since 2011 for International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023
30 Aug 2023 Blog post -
Syria: UN General Assembly must reaffirm neutrality of aid deliveries19 Jul 2023 Press release
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Lebanon: Syrian refugees in danger after wave of forced deportations by army24 Apr 2023 Press release
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The 12th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution - Will Assad be 'Normalised' by the 13th?The 12th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution - Will Assad be 'Normalised' by the 13th?
13 Mar 2023 Blog post -
Syria: government forces and Turkey-backed armed groups have diverted earthquake aid06 Mar 2023 Press release
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Syria: earthquakes threaten people already ravaged by war in north-west07 Feb 2023 Press release
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Syria: UN Security Council must extend cross-border aid to avert 'humanitarian catastrophe'09 Jan 2023 Press release
