Enforced disappearance is among the most widespread and devastating crimes in Syria. But the lived reality for the loved ones of the missing is more complicated than the strict definition of the term, writes Noura Ghazi.
Nine years after a chemical weapons attack killed and injured nearly 12,000 people in the Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, survivors, witnesses and family members are still fighting for justice, writes Mohamad Katoub.
Recent demonstrations across Syria’s opposition-held northwest held a message for both Turkey and local Turkish-backed authorities, writes Syrian lawyer Ghazwan Koronfol.
The recent events in Suwayda related to the ousting of [...]
Producing coerced confession videos under torture or the threat of torture is one way repressive regimes “keep themselves in power and tighten their control over the people,” writes Mansour al-Omari.
On July 10, the UN Security Council will decide whether to renew a cross-border aid resolution that millions of people in northwestern Syria rely on. "A catastrophe is possible, and we must prepare for it," writes Mohamad Katoub.
Social views and media portrayals of disabled women do not reflect their diverse lived realities, writes Syrian journalist and feminist activist Raghda al-Shamiya.
There are multiple steps that German police must take to help the families of possible victims of the Tadamon massacre identify their loved ones while avoiding unnecessary trauma, writes Mansour Omari.
Despite anti-Syrian sentiment and attacks in Turkey, Syrian lawyer Ghazwan Koronfol writes “it is not too late to confront racism and defeat it. It is not too late to dismantle its rhetoric.”
Full access to videos and images of mass atrocities in Syria is the “absolute right” of those whose missing loved ones may appear in them, writes @MansourOmari. He proposes 8 guidelines for organizations and media to follow.
