Syria Human Rights
Human Rights Concerns
Freedom of expression and association continues to be severely restricted. Scores of people have been arrested and hundreds remained imprisoned for political reasons, including prisoners of conscience and others sentenced after unfair trials. Discriminatory legislation and practices remain in force against women and the Kurdish minority. Torture and ill-treatment in detention continues to be reported and carried out with impunity. Human rights defenders continue to face arrest, harassment and restrictions on their freedom of movement. Syria retains the death penalty.
To read more about Amnesty International's human rights concerns regarding Syria see Report 2008.
Latest News
Syria: Jailed Kurdish activist is prisoner of conscienceMay 12, 2009
Syria: UN Rules Dissident's Detention Illegal
April 29, 2009
Syria: UN Experts' Opinion On Arbitrary Detention Of Syrian Human Rights Defender Received By Amnesty International
April 02, 2009
Syrian activist jailed for three years
March 17, 2009
Syria: Pro-reform writer Habib Saleh imprisoned again
March 16, 2009
Syria: Syrian court sentences activists to two and a half years
October 30, 2008
Latest Reports
Syria: Repressing dissent: Pro-democracy activists on trial in SyriaOctober 08, 2008
Iraq: Rhetoric and reality: the Iraqi refugee crisis
June 15, 2008
Iraq: The situation of Iraqi refugees in Syria. An Amnesty International Briefing
July 26, 2007
Vital UN human rights work under threat
May 09, 2007
