Introduction: This report presents the total toll of the arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearance operations, documented by Hevdesti-Synergy Association for Victims during 2022, that were committed by the Turkish forces…
Enforced Disappearance
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Introduction: During 2022, Hevdesti-Synergy Association for Victims documented the arbitrary arrest of at least 633 people, including 40 women and 21 children, in Syria’s Kurdish region of Afrin, at the…
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In late August, after months of anticipation and increasing demands from family networks and CSOs, the UN OHCHR released a report detailing the possible structure and mandate for a proposed…
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News
The Documentation of 117 Arrests in “Peace Spring” and “Olive Branch” Strips in August 2022
by editorIntroduction Hevdesti-Synergy Association for Victims documented the arrest of at least 117 persons, including 9 women and 12 children in August in 2022 in the regions of Afrin, Ras al-Ayn/Serê…
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Press Releases
Syrian Victims’ Associations Welcome The UN Secretary General’s Report Recommendations
by editorThe United Nations Secretary-General has conducted a study on “how to bolster efforts, including through existing measures and mechanisms, to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people in the…
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News
THE GUIDELINES FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF VICTIMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR THE DISAPPEARED IN SYRIA
by editorIntroduction The present guidelines for the participation of victims in the search for the disappeared reaffirm the central role that victims have played in the search for the disappeared persons…
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Thematic Reports
POSITION PAPER: An international mechanism for confronting the crisis of detention and enforced disappearance in Syria
by editorThe following position paper was prepared by ten associations and organizations representing families of victims and survivors of detention and enforced disappearance in Syria, namely: Caesar Families Association, Families for…
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Thematic Reports
Northeast Syria: More than 120 People Disappeared Following Operation Peace Spring
by editorExecutive Summary Contrary to its name, Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring, which began 9 October 2019, only brought woes to the people of Syria’s northeast, specifically the area lying between Ras…
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The “Hevdesti-Synergy” Association for the Victims in Northeastern Syria has documented that at least 185 people were arrested in Ras al-Ain/Serê kaniyê and Tal Abyad at the hands of factions…
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Press Releases
A Complaint to the UN Working Groups and Rapporteurs Addressing Enforced Disappearances in Afrin, Syria
by editorEvery month, field researchers with Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) and record the number and names of people arbitrarily arrested and disappeared by the Military Police and the Civil…