Articles for Syria

Syria: Airport employee beaten and fired for aiding corruption investigation

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Azad Aziz Othman, a 29-year-old airport staff from Damascus, worked in the loading bridge at Aleppo International Airport. He was recently the subject of smear campaign during which he was threatened, arrested, beaten, and eventually being fired from his job.
01 Nov 2010
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Syria: Female Dentist Arrested for Membership to Banned Political Party

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Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'ruf, 46, a dentist, married with two children, was most recently arrested on 6 February 2010 by the criminal security forces in Aleppo, for her alleged involvement with the Communist Labor Party in Syria.
28 Oct 2010
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Syria: Kurdish Syrian held incommunicado for one year

On 8 January 2009, plain clothed State Political Security agents arrested Kadar Saado at his office in Qamishli. He was held for two weeks at their headquarters before being taken to Al-Fayhaa district in Damascus and was then transferred to the capital's central prison "Adra".

Kadar Saado, a 32-year-old Syrian Kurd and IT expert is believed to have been arrested due to his relationship with Munzer Oscan, who was abducted in 2008 and held incommunicado for almost a year.

20 Oct 2010
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Syria: Syrian Human Rights Defender Reappears in Adra Prison 40 Days after Arrest

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On 23 August 2010, on his way back to Germany from Syrian with his wife and three of his children, Ismail Abdi, a human rights defender of both Syrian and German nationalities, was taken in for questioning at passport control desks by border police and State Security agents.
19 Oct 2010
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Syria: Three Yekiti party members held by State Security

Muhammad Ahmad Mustafa, Hasan Ibrahim Salih, and Maaruf Mulla Ahmad were arrested on 26 December 2009 following a summons by the State Security office in Qamishli.
08 Oct 2010
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Syria: Human Rights Activist Unjustly Sentenced to One Year's Imprisonment

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Abd Al-Hafiz Al-Rahman

Alkarama has received information that the 3rd Military Unit Judge in Aleppo has unjustly sentenced Abd Al-Hafiz Abd Al-Rahman on Wednesday 29 September 2010 to a year's imprisonment under Article 288 of the Syrian Penal Code.

03 Oct 2010
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Syria: 19 year old Female Blogger in Secret Detention

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29 Sep 2010
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Syria : Two further deaths at the hands of the security services

Following massive public outcry in Egypt in recent months over the beating to death of young Khaled Said by Egyptian security forces in Cairo, evidence is now emerging from Syria that they are confronted with a similarly brutal execution of a young man by its security forces in Damascus.
20 Aug 2010
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Syria: Human Rights Lawyer Turns 80 in Prison

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Haitham Al-Maleh

On Sunday 15 August 2010, the fifth day of the holy month of Ramadan, Haitham Al-Maleh turns 80. Usually a time for celebration, this year's birthday is no joyous occasion - he's seriously ill, behind bars in Damascus' Adra prison and unable to spend Ramadan with his family.

13 Aug 2010
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Syria: Free Ziad Ramadan, Falsely Held as Witness for Five Years

Damascus Claims He Is Held for Inquiry into Killing of Lebanon Ex-Premier

The Syrian authorities should release Ziad Ramadan, who the Syrian authorities falsely claim is detained so he can be interviewed by the international body investigating the assassination of Rafic Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon, Alkarama, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The following is the statement from the three groups:

26 Jul 2010
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