Syrian Organizations Ask for a More Ambitious Missing Persons Mechanism
The proposed Mechanism needs to make meaningful changes for victims of disappearance and their families In late August, after months of anticipation and increasing demands from family networks and CSOs,…
Syria Situation of returnees from abroad
the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published a Country of Origin Information (COI) report titled “Syria: Situation of returnees from abroad“. In cooperation with a few Syrian organizations, one of…
SLICING THE SYRIAN GEOGRAPHY
Executive summary: Civilians suffer in their traveling inside the Syria geography, in the areas that controlled by the opposite parties. This suffering differs from one area to another, the civilians…
Elderly detainees are at risk, Covid-19 in Adra prison
Mrs. Najah D. was transferred to the hospital after her having trouble breathing and her health deteriorating There is a state of panic among the detainees of Adra prison, due…
Changes to asylum policies in several European countries may pave the way for a violation of the principle of non-refoulement and the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since the end of 2019, we have witnessed clear changes in the policies of several European countries regarding asylum and especially the reception of Syrian refugees. The reasons for the…
Officially, we were informed that the complaint submitted by both Urnammu and Release me …. has become an official communication
The complaint was submitted to Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances;…
Syria: Submission to the United Nations Special Procedure on Corruption and Other Practices Related to Detention in Syria
On 23/11/2020 , “Urnammu” and “Release Me” jointly made a submission to the United Nations Special Procedures on practices of corruption by the Government of Syria in relation to detained…
Submission to the United Nations Special Procedures on Discrimination and Violence against Syrian Women in Law and Practice.
Submission to the United Nations Special Procedures on Discrimination and Violence against Syrian Women in Law and Practice. Date: 25th Sep 2020 Submitted by: Urnammu for Justice & Human RightsSyrian…
Syria: Decades-Long Discrimination and Violence against Women Exacerbated by Nearly 10 Years of Conflict
On 25th Sep. 2020, Multiple Syrian Non-Governmental Organizations, through their membership in the Syrian Women Network, coordinated and made a submission to the United Nations Special Procedures on the discrimination…
Syria: Victims and Survivors of torture, Arbitrary Detention and Enforced Disappearances are Yet to Receive an Effective Remedy
On 31 August 2020, Release Me, Urnammu and No Photo Zone made a submission to four United Nations Special Procedures concerning acts of torture, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances perpetrated…