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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Four Syrian Kurdish men are being held at an unknown location without contact with the outside world. They have been in detention since September and October 2008 ...
A leading Syrian human rights lawyer has been formally charged in relation to his legitimate work in defending the rights of political prisoners in Syria.