Syria

Human Rights in SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Syria: Elderly prisoner of conscience charged
5 November 2009

Haytham al-Maleh, a 78-year-old male prisoner of conscience, was charged by a military judge on 3 November with "conveying false news" about the human rights situation ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/030/2009

Veteran human rights lawyer faces up to 15 years in Syrian prison ...
4 November 2009

Amnesty International believes that charges have beenbrought against Haytham al-Maleh simply because he exercised his right to freedom ofexpression.

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Syria: Further information: Jakarkhon Sheikho 'Ali released!
23 October 2009

Prisoner of conscience Jakarkhon Sheikho ‘Ali was released without charge on 3 October. He had been detained incommunicado for nearly three-and-a-half months, during ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/029/2009

Syria: Further information: Haytham al-Maleh facing prison
22 October 2009

Haytham al-Maleh, who is 78, will appear before a court on 25 October. If he is tried and convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison, simply for talking about ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/028/2009

Syria: Elderly Syrian lawyer held incommunicado: Haytham al-Maleh
16 October 2009

A 78-year-old male human rights lawyer has been held incommunicado since his arrest by Syrian Political Security personnel on 14 October in Syria’s capital, Damascus ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/027/2009

Syrian authorities urged to seek justice for men killed by ...
14 October 2009

Sami Ma'touq and Joni Suleiman were shot dead a year ago. The Syrian authorities have so far done very little to bring their killers to justice.

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Syria: Further information: Syrian Kurdish man no longer ...
8 October 2009

Khaled Kenjo, a Syrian Kurdish man held incommunicado after his forcible return from Germany, is now known to be held in Qamishli prison in north-eastern Syria, ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/026/2009

Syria: Syrian Kurdish man held incommunicado
6 October 2009

A Syrian Kurdish man, Khaled Kenjo, has been held without access to the outside world for over three weeks after he was forcibly returned from Germany to Syria. ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/025/2009

Syria: Syrian Kurd disappears, risks torture: Berzani Karro (m)
25 September 2009

A Syrian Kurdish man has been forcibly returned to Syria from Cyprus. He was detained on arrival, and has not been seen since: he has been subjected to enforced ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/024/2009

Syria: Persecution of human rights lawyer Muhannad al-Hassani
24 September 2009

Muhannad al-Hassani, a Syrian human rights defender and lawyer, is in ‘Adra Prison in Damascus awaiting trial for his human rights activities. If convicted he faces ...

Document       MDE 24/023/2009