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How Syrian prisoners spend their ‘break’ between torture sessions

On the International Day Against Torture, 25 volunteers staged a powerful reconstruction of a ‘break’ in a Syrian regime prison, i.e. the time that prisoners spend waiting to be called up for another torture session. The clip does not show actual torture or other horrors prisoners experience. […]

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NAAME SHAAM TRANSLATES INTO PERSIAN HRW REPORT ABOUT ASSAD THE DICTATOR

NAAME SHAAM TRANSLATES INTO PERSIAN HRW REPORT ABOUT ASSAD THE DICTATOR

“Wasted Decade – Ten years of Bashar al-Assad in Power (2000-2010)” Tehran, 28 May 2014 – Naame Shaam has translated and published today into Persian the Human Rights Watch report “Wasted Decade”, which was released only in English and Arabic on July 16, 2010. This is an […]

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A Wasted Decade: Human Rights in Syria during Bashar al-Asad’s First Ten Years in Power

A Wasted Decade: Human Rights in Syria during Bashar al-Asad’s First Ten Years in Power

NAAME SHAAM RE-PUBLISHES FULL REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ABOUT BASHAR AL-ASSAD’S WASTED DECADE (200-2010) Published by HRW on July 16,2010 Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2010/07/16/wasted-decade   Executive Summary After Bashar al-Asad succeeded his father as president in July 2000, many people in Syria hoped that the human rights […]

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As the world celebrates Press Freedom Day, tens of Syrian journalists languish in prison

As the world celebrates Press Freedom Day, tens of Syrian journalists languish in prison

May 3rd marked the World Press Freedom Day. As the world celebrated this important day for journalism, tens of Syrian media workers and citizen-journalists continued to be incarcerated in Syrian regime prisons, almost forgotten by the rest of the world. Since the early days of the Syrian […]

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Yarmouk in despair

Yarmouk in despair

“It is unprecedented in living memory for a UN-assisted population to be subject to abject desperation in this way and the sheer humanitarian facts cry out for a response.” United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness, speaking about the current situation in the Yarmouk Palestinian […]

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#SaveAleppo: Anyone listening?

#SaveAleppo: Anyone listening?

Children in the Sakhour district in Aleppo holding signs forming the words ‘#SaveAleppo’, a social media campaign launched a few days ago to raise awareness about the desparate humanitiarin situation in the Syrian city. The unimaginable destruction seen in this and many other photos was not caused […]

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Desperate, defiant messages to al-Assad and Iran from Aleppo barrel bomb victims

Watch this video in which the residents of the Sha’ar district in Aleppo send desperate yet defiant messages, shortly after their neighbourhood saw some of the worst waves of barrel-bomb bombardment in the last three months on 4 April 2014. Various people come randomly to the camera […]

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Hezbollah denounces destruction of (Shia) holy sites in Syria, ignores thousands of mosques destroyed by the regime

Hezbollah denounces destruction of (Shia) holy sites in Syria, ignores thousands of mosques destroyed by the regime

Hezbollah Lebanon issued a statement last week condemning “terrorist organizations” for destroying “shrines and Islamic and Christian sanctities in Syria.” The statement was in reaction to a decision by the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) to demolish what’s left […]

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Iranian general admits ‘advising’ Syrian regime on establishing ‘shabbiha’ paramilitary force

Iranian general admits ‘advising’ Syrian regime on establishing ‘shabbiha’ paramilitary force

A prominent Iranian general has admitted that Sepah Pasdaran played an important role in setting up a Syrian paramilitary militia known as the National Defence Frorces, which has terrorised Syrian dissidents and committed grave human rights abused since the start of the Syrian revolution in March 2011. […]

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Angelina Jolie meets Syria’s ‘lost children’, says nothing about who caused their tragedy

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a new, moving short film following the agency’s Special Envoy Angelina Jolie as she visits a Syrian refugee camp in al-Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, and meets with 11-year-old Hala and her five orphan siblings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpj9u_QXjk EDITOR’S COMMENT: It […]

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