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Syria’s mass graves haunt loved ones a year on from Assad, as hunt for clues finally starts

It has been a whole year since Bashar al Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron grip for decades, was ousted from power. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights at...
2025

Facing Alawite backlash, Syria’s new leaders take controversial steps to win loyalty

The Syrian Network for Human Rights says the committee’s power to grant amnesties and free detainees undermines transparency, accountability and an independent judiciary.
2025

Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife

The Syrian Network for Human Rights started documenting abuses under Assad in 2011 and has continued to release monthly reports on arbitrary detentions. Over the course of 2025, the...
2025

Syrian officials discuss demining efforts in Geneva with European partners

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, at least 3,799 civilians have been...
2026

SNHR: Millions of Syrians return home, but major challenges persist

More than 3 million Syrians, including refugees and internally displaced people, have returned to...
2026

Justice for Tadamon

In a legal analysis, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), an NGO, questioned the...
2026

What the discovery of Assad-era chemical weapons means for Syria

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the group carried out five chemical...
2026
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Outrage as Syrian community group ‘erases history’ by painting over Assad regime’s dungeons

The SNHR has repeatedly called for the protection of detention sites. In a recent statement, the organisation emphasised that entering such facilities without proper...

Syria’s forced disappearances: No relief for grieving families

Only an estimated 24,000 people on the list of the more than 136,000 missing have been released from prison, according to the Syrian Network...

Lawyers urge ICC to issue arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad over Syria war crimes

Rights groups, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), have consistently documented the regime’s widespread and systematic abuses. According to SNHR founder Fadel Abdul...

Assad regime turned Qasiou Mountain into barrel bomb factory

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) recorded 81,916 barrel bomb attacks on civilian areas between July 2012 and April 2021, leading to over...