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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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Syrian judges receive transitional justice training in Germany

On 30 July, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) issued a report on the main problems affecting the Syrian judiciary. The Network said that Syrian judicial...

MoU with ICMP aims to boost Syria’s efforts to locate the missing and identify their fate

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) issued its 14th annual report on enforced disappearance in Syria on 30 August, following the evacuation of prisons and...

Syria reactivates mission to chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague

According to documentation from the Syrian Network for Human Rights, forces loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad conducted 217 chemical attacks following the outbreak...

Syria reinstates its permanent mission to chemical weapons watchdog

After the start of Syria’s uprising in 2011, the forces of President Bashar Assad, who was ousted last year, carried out 217 chemical attacks,...