The UAE authorities declared publicly on 3 June 2008 that they would not return ‘Abd al-Rahman Abu Zaid to Syria and that he is free to leave the UAE for any other ...
The UAE authorities are planning to forcibly return 'Abd al-Rahman Abu Zaid to Syria, where he would be at risk of torture: he is understood to be a member of the ...
This briefing summarizes key findings of the assessment conducted by Amnesty International into the situation of refugees from Iraq in Syria. In particular, ...
Former political prisoner Kamal al-Mwayel was summoned to the Military Security Branch in Damascus on 21 February 2008 and has not been seen since. He is believed ...
‘Aisha Afandi and Kawthar Taifour, who are both members of Syria’s minority Kurdish community, are currently believed to be held in incommunicado detention at the ...
Kurdish activist Ma’rouf Mulla Ahmed has been detained without charge in Branch 285 of State Security in Damascus since August 2007. He continues to be interrogated ...
‘Aref Dalilah, a prisoner of conscience who has served half of a 10-year sentence in solitary confinement, is gravely ill with deep-vein thrombosis in one leg and ...
