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Fears for men and child arrested in Syria
20 December 2011

The whereabouts of three men and a child arrested on 27 November 2011 in Syria are unknown. They appear to have been subjected to enforced disappearance, and there ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/085/2011

Syria: Enforced disappearance of Syrian man
14 December 2011

Forty-four year old Wa'el Khattab was arrested on 14 August during the ongoing popular protests in Syria. He has had no contact with his family since. He appears ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/084/2011

Amnesty International | Syria: More Needed on UN Human Rights ...
2 December 2011

Today's resolution by the UN Human Rights Council on Syria points to the need for the UN Security Council to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court ...

Press Release      

No More Impunity for Crimes against Humanity in Syria
2 December 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: MDE 24/083/2011. 2 December 2011. No More Impunity f or Crimes against Humanity in Syria. ...

Public Statement       MDE 24/083/2011

Syria: Accountability for human rights violations in Syria and the ...
27 November 2011

Amnesty International briefing. Accountability for human rights violations in Syria and the role of the UN Security Council. 27 November 2011. ...

Document       MDE 24/089/2011

Syria: Syrian student at risk of torture in detention: Suhaib al ...
25 November 2011

Syrian student Suhaib al-Ammar was arrested on 18 November by officials of Air Force Intelligence, one of Syria's security police agencies, near Daraya, close to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/080/2011

Syria: Further information: Syrian activist released: Ghassan ...
24 November 2011

Syrian activist Ghassan Yasin was released from detention on 10 November 2011. He had been held since 18 August.

Urgent Action       MDE 24/079/2011

Syria: Further information: Syrian reporter's brother held
22 November 2011

Amnesty International has learnt that 'Imad Walid Kharsa, the brother of detained Syrian reporter 'Adel Walid Kharsa, is also being detained and has been held ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/078/2011

Syria: Joint Call by Civil Society for a Special Session of the UN ...
22 November 2011

In this document, civil society organizations from around the world urgently call on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) to convene a special session ...

Document       MDE 24/081/2011

Syria: Detained Syrian man at risk of torture
22 November 2011

Ahmed Andora was arrested by Syrian security forces in Damascus on 28 September. He has been detained incommunicado since 2 October and may have been subjected ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/077/2011