The Syrin Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Thursday it had documented more than 459 cases of arbitrary arrests in April, including 272 cases of enforced disappearance. Arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances have been amongst the most common and widespread violations since the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lutfiya, a woman from Al-Asali district, was arrested in Sahat Al Ashmar with one of her relatives, without committing any offence. There were no demonstrations; the square was empty except for barriers, soldiers and people who were forced to leave their homes. Like...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- “The country that violates its girls’ honour is not a homeland." This was the last thing said in an interview with Amal, 22, a girl who lost her virginity in Assad's prisons. Amal, who is from the town of Rastan in central Homs province, was a student at the Faculty...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- “Syria's Women in Assad Prisons” is a series of testimonies of Syrian women who have been held in detention since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011.  Zaman al-Wasl decided to reveal this file of series to its readers and the world about the...