U.N. issues new Syria war death toll, says 350,000 is an ... The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that 500,000 people have been killed in the war and that it is examining a further ...

Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.

Human Rights Advocate Describes Life For Syrians Under Siege NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Wissam Tarif, who has been working on Syria human rights issues as the Middle East director of Avaaz, an ...

The effective participation of women and attention to women’s rights issues is a critical element to any effort to end the violence and promote a sustainable peace in Syria, Human Rights Watch said.

44 Human Rights Watch interview with Syrian political activist (name withheld), Damascus, November 11, 2006.. 45 Ibid. . 46 Human Rights Watch interview with a CDF member (name withheld), Damascus ...

The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

As the situation in Syria becomes increasingly desperate (on Wednesday, February 3, the United Nations suspended peace talks aimed at ending the five-year civil war), members of the Smith and Western ...

Human Rights Watch released its global annual account of human rights records Tuesday, which the Syrian conflict and U.S. surveillance programs in focus. CNN values your feedback 1.

The US sanctioned Syrian prisons, Assad regime officials and militia leaders on Wednesday, marking the first time the Biden administration has introduced new sanctions on the country.

The U.N. human rights office will send a small team of human rights officers to Syria next week for the first time in years following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, U.N. spokesperson ...

Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni said the unprecedented verdict would speed up efforts to bring charges against former members of the Syrian government suspected of war crimes who have ...