The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) issued a report on World Refugee Day noting that it had documented at least 4,714 cases in which Syrian refugees and IDPs returning to Syria had been arrested by regime forces between 2014 and June 2024.
The network stated that the violations that were still being practised in Syria were the main reason behind the flight of millions of Syrians from their country, noting that this was the reason behind refugees not returning. It said that this was in fact generatin more refugees.
Last July, SNHR documented the death of Ahmad Nimer al-Halli, a young Syrian man from Barzeh, north of Damascus.
Halli died following torture in one of the regime’s security detention centres following his forced return from Lebanon.