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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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Branch 300 exposes Syria’s former regime intelligence apparatus of repression

Damascus, Dec. 16 (SANA) A report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has revealed the hidden role of Branch 300 (Counter-Espionage Branch) of...

Lebanon calls to activate a judicial agreement with Syria to transfer detainees.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights estimated the number of Syrians held in Roumieh Prison at around 2,000, including about 190 detained over their...

One year on, trauma and healing in Syria

the Syrian Network for Human Rights reports that more than 177,000 people are still considered “forcibly disappeared” since the 2011 start of Syria’s war. Their fates...

Syrians demand justice, remember the disappeared amid liberation celebrations

In an update to its record on the regime's human rights violations over the course of the war, the Syrian Network for Human Rights...