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: Veteran Human Rights Lawyer Faces up to 15 Years in Syrian PrisonNovember 04, 2009
Syria: Syrian authorities urged to seek justice for men killed by security forces
October 14, 2009
Syria: Syrian Lawyer Faces Prosecution for Defending Human Rights
August 03, 2009
Wife of Guantánamo detainee released in Syria
July 22, 2009
Hariri witness held for four years without charge in Syria
July 20, 2009
Syria: Jailed Kurdish activist is prisoner of conscience
May 12, 2009
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
