(CNN)In the central Syrian desert, an oil field has become a makeshift torture chamber. An unarmed man writhes in the dust, howling in pain. Four men in military fatigues pin him down and smash his hands and feet with a sledgehammer. As he cries out for help, they taunt him in Russian,...

The UN Human Rights Council has called for those behind “massive scale” enforced disappearances in Syria during the past 10 years of conflict to be held accountable. The resolution, presented on Tuesday by several European countries, the United States, Turkey and Qatar, decried that...

(SNHR)- The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented at least 972 cases of arbitrary arrests in the first half of 2021, including 45 children and 42 women.   The 24-page report explains that most of the arrests in Syria are carried out without any judicial warrant while the...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has recorded at least 162 arbitrary arrests in May as thousands of students and state workers were forced to vote for Bashar al Assad for a fourth mandate.   Most of the arrests in Syria are carried out without any judicial warrant while the...