Syria

Human Rights in SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Syria: Kurdish activist at risk of torture
1 July 2009

Political activist Jakarkhon Sheikho ‘Ali, a member of Syria’s Kurdish minority, is being held incommunicado at the Military Security Branch in the city of Aleppo ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/017/2009

Syria: Further information on fear of torture or other ill ...
9 June 2009

Maryam Kallis and Yasser Zahur Ahmed were released on 7 June 2009 and returned home to their families in the UK. They had been held without charge for almost three ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/016/2009

Syria: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ enforced ...
8 June 2009

Prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Nizar Ristnawi may have been subjected to enforced disappearance. He completed a four-year prison sentence at Sednaya ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/015/2009

Syria: Jailed Kurdish activist is prisoner of conscience
12 May 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 24/013/2009. 12 May 2009. Syria: Jailed Kurdish activist is prisoner of conscience. ...

Document       MDE 24/013/2009

Syria: Further information on Fear of torture or other ill ...
12 May 2009

Another UK national is now known to have been arrested shortly after Maryam Kallis. Like her, Yasser Zahur Ahmed is being held without access to a lawyer or to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/014/2009

Syria: Further information on Fear of torture or other ill ...
6 May 2009

Maryam Kallis received a second visit from two members of staff of the British Consulate in Damascus on 23 April 2009. The meeting took place in the presence of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/012/2009

Syria: Further information on Fear of torture or other ill ...
9 April 2009

Maryam Kallis was visited by the British Consul in Damascus on 8 April 2009, in the presence of the Syrian authorities. Although she has been held since 15 March ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/009/2009

Syria: UN experts’ opinion on arbitrary detention of Syrian ...
2 April 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 24/008/2009. 2 April 2009. Syria: UN experts’ opinion on arbitrary detention ...

Document       MDE 24/008/2009

Syria: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment/incommunicado ...
30 March 2009

UK national Maryam Kallis has been detained incommunicado in an unknown location since 15 March 2009. She is in danger of torture and other ill-treatment. She has ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/007/2009