The families of torture victims have banded together to seek justice for the crimes that were committed in regime jails writes Geroun
Taking aim at the regime leadership and foreign-backed militias operating inside Syria, opposition media office quotes Abdul Ilah Fahad as saying the regime is nearing breakdown, as he urges residents in regime controlled areas to abandon Assad
A statement by 18 Syrian organizations to the Syrian negotiation parties, UN and the ISSG
“The dates are not sacred, and we will not go to any negotiations while our people are suffering from bombardment, starvation and blockades”
More than 170 Syrian lawyers, judges, and civil society leaders are fighting current international proposals as they risk entrenching impunity and jeopardizing any hope of durable peace
Research seeks to understand the previous stage and anticipate what will follow with the goal of documenting and enhancing the peaceful movement in Syria, says Dawlati director
Ms. Hasan reviewed the positions and asks of the coalition that related to this particular period and that were presented in official paper that was presented to Mr De Mistura
22 civil society groups call for the release of a leading journalist and rights activist
The kidnapping of the VDC team members is a shameful black spot in the revolution and should be resolved immediately
After a series of meetings, the group has produced a final report on the unified vision of the transition period in Syria
Syrians in Lebanon are establishing civil society organizations devoted to media, politics and civil and human rights
Syria is seeing meaningful establishment of organizations devoted to various aspects of transitional justice
In Syria, the rapidly escalating health crisis is very much the result of violence and criminal governmental policies
Human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, President of the Syrian Center for Legal Research and Studies, drafts a suggested interim constitutional statement for the transition in Syria
Sexual- and gender-based violence has rightly gained attention as a notorious dimension of the conflict in Syria. Documenting these crimes is important, but unfortunately they are especially difficult to prosecute.
Assad the dictator is no fan of justice. He knows that he can manipulate democracy by naming it the ‘popular democracy’ and reducing it to supervised and rigged elections. Assad can also mold ‘patriotism’ and ‘resistance,’ as needed turning them into mere clichés set against ‘Zionism’ and ‘colonialism.’ As for justice: it has but one meaning. It is this meaning that Assad is trying to escape.
