To the attention of the following mandate holders: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Special Rapporteur on Minority …
Introduction: Manbij City and its countryside, have witnessed serious and unprecedented escalation in human rights violations committed by the Turkish-backed factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA) since they declared …
Summary: This report documents the continuous and systematic pattern of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture, practiced by factions of the SNA against the civilians in Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and …
On 9 October 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the military Operation Peace Spring in the areas of Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tell Abyad/Girê Spî in …
Introduction: Five years have passed since the Turkish occupation of areas of Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tall Abyad as a result of the military operation dubbed “Peace Spring”, which began …
Introduction: On June 11, 2024, a Syrian woman attempting to cross the border into Turkey in search of a safer life ended up at “Al-Jazeera Hospital” in Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê …
On November 16, 2023, the International Court of Justice issued its decision regarding the request for provisional measures submitted by Canada and the Netherlands in the case concerning the application …
Diyar was fortunate enough to survive torture at the hands of Turkish intelligence forces in the opposition Syrian National Army (SNA)-run prisons located in Afrin. He, then, decided to displace …
Introduction: In February 2024, years after displacement, Hanan Hussein returned to his village in Afrin countryside in order to take care of his elderly mother following his father’s death. He …
Introduction: On February 27, 2024, a widely circulated video on social media showed a girl being violently beaten with sticks and iron bars. Some men and boys/children took turns assaulting …