Human rights and international law must guide next steps - NEWS - 21/01/2026
Following repeated rounds of fighting between the Syrian authorities and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the military wing of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, in north-east Syria, and responding to the transfer of control to the Syrian authorities over some detention facilities and camps holding people suspected of afiliation to the Islamic State, Amnesty International is calling for human rights and international law to guide the next steps. Read more.
The rights of survivors and families must guide transition - NEWS - 08/12/2025
As people in Syria mark one year since the fall of the government of former president, Bashar al-Assad, Amnesty International reiterates the urgent need for Syria's new authorities to break with the past and commit to delivering justice, truth and reparations while securing human rights for all. Read more.
Following the fall of the government of Bashar al-Assad, the president, on 08 December 2024, amid immense joy, many families of disappeared people were also thrust into a new form of agony. When detention centres and prisons were opened, images of people forcibly disappeared inside Syria's notorious prison system who were finally freed and able to return home flooded mobile telephones. But, for the majority of families, the loved ones they had waited years for did not emerge. Nine months later, families of those forcibly disappeared by the former government, as well as those disappeared by armed groups, are continuing their long struggle to uncover the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones. They want to know what happened to them, to recover the remains of those that died, and to see those responsible held to account. Read more.
A Middle East campaigner for Amnesty International shares reflections on Amnesty's first official access to the country since 2011 here.
Druze armed group should release humanitarian worker - PUBLIC STATEMENT - 16/10/2025
Amnesty International is calling on the Druze armed group in Suwayda to disclose the fate and whereabouts of rescue worker Hamza al-Amareen and to immediately release him to his family. On 16 July 2025, the Syria Civil Defence, a search and rescue humanitarian organisation, dispatched Hamza al-Amareen, born in 1992 and head of the Emergency Response Centre in Daraa, to Suwayda city in response to a United Nations call for assistance following clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups that had erupted the day before. Read more.
Dozens of Druze people extrajudicially executed in Suwayda - NEWS - 02/09/2025
The Syrian government must hold members of the government security and military forces, and members of affiliated forces, accountable for extrajudicial executions of Druze men and women in Suwayda. Read more.
Abduction of Alawite women and girls must be investigated - NEWS - 28/07/2025
The Syrian government must urgently step up efforts to prevent gender-based violence and promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls, and hold perpetrators accountable. Read more.
On 09 March 2025, a fact-finding committee was established to investigate the killings of civilians on Syria's northewest coast. Ahead of the submission of findings, President al-Sharaa must commit to publishing the full findings. Read more.
The Syrian government must ensure that the perpetrators of a wave of mass killings taregeting Alawite civilians in coastal areas are held accountable and take immediate steps to ensure that no person or group is targeted based on their sect. Read more.
Following reports that hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority, had been killed, Amnesty International had called on the Syrian authorities to act swiftly to ensure civilians are protected in any ongoing or future fighting and to prevent further unlawful killings and other violations. Read more.
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