Syria - Latest Press Releases

Syria: 16-year-old Student Disappeared Since Arrest by Air Force Intelligence in 2012

SYR - News | 14 April 2015

On 10 April 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearance (WGEID) regarding the case of Mohamad Amir Mashki, a 16-year-old secondary school student from the town of Deir Muqaran, a village in southern Syria located 25km northwest of Damascus, who disappeared since his arrest at an Air Force Intelligence checkpoint in the Rif Dimashq Governorate on 8 October 2012.

Syria: Qalamoun, Where the Refusal to Serve in the Army Leads to Enforced Disappearance

SYR - News | 10 April 2015

On 8 April 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) concerning the disappearance of Ward Raad, a 21-year-old student from Qalamoun, a province in the countryside of Damascus.

Syria: Political Activist Disappeared for Over 2 Years since Arrest by Syrian Army in Idlib

SYR - News | 08 April 2015

On 5 March 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of Abdel Muti Ibrahim, a Syrian citizen disappeared since his arrest by members of the Syrian army in Salqin, on the northwest border with Turkey, in July 2012. This adds to the long list of cases of enforced disappearance that Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians have documented during the four-year-long conflict in Syria.

Syria: Three Syrians Disappeared Since their Arrest by Members of the Syrian Intelligence Services Over 2 Years Ago

SYR - News | 02 April 2015

On 16 March 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) concerning the cases of Mohamed and Walid Ramadan and Abdul Rahman Al-Rifai, who disappeared since their respective arrests at a checkpoint in Homs by members of the Air Force Intelligence and the Military Security in November 2012.

Syria: Further Cases of Enforced Disappearance by Syrian Intelligence Services in Jableh, Latakia Governorate

SYR - News | 01 April 2015

On 1 April 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) concerning the cases of Samir Obaid and Ammar Faraj, two Syrian nationals disappeared since their respective arrest by members of the Syrian intelligence services in the coastal city of Jableh, in the Latakia Governorate.

Syria - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 21.04.1969
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Overdue since 01.08.2009 (4th)
Last concluding observations: 09.08.2005

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 19.08.2004
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 14.05.2014 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 29.06.2012

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 10.2011 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2016 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No