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One family’s dramatic escape from Syria
By Maha Abu Shama, Amnesty International’s Syria Campaigner
The shocking story of one family forced to flee Syria for refuge in neighbouring Jordan exchanging their home in Tasil for al-Ramtha Syrian Refugees’ Transitional Camp. For their safety we’ve concealed their real identity.
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Syria: ‘The man they were shooting at is actually my husband’
By Maha Abu Shama, Amnesty International’s Syria campaigner
In a week of winding our way to a refugee camp near the Syrian border, we spoke to dozens of people who had fled the violence, but remarkably few of them were women.
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Brother of killed Syrian activist at risk: Hazem Taisir Mattar
Amnesty International 16-02-2012
Hazem Taisir Mattar, brother of killed Syrian activist Ghayath Mattar, has been missing from his hometown of Daraya, Syria , since 7 February. There are fears he may have been arrested and is now held in secret detention in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance. If so, he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
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Human rights defenders arrested in SCM's offices
By EMHRN 17/02/2012
Copenhagen, Geneva, Paris, February 16, 2012 - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) fears for the safety and security of 14 human rights defenders who were arrested this afternoon in the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)'s offices. .......Details

How much blood must we pay before the world helps?
17-02-2012
In his shocking report from the border with Syria, Amnesty International’s Researcher Neil Sammonds reveals the extent of the torture experienced by those arrested in Syria – treatment reaching unprecedented levels of brutality.
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Fears for activists arrested in Damascus raid
16 February 2012
The Syrian authorities must release or charge a group of at least 14 people arrested on Thursday in a raid on the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression in Damascus, Amnesty International said today.
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Joint Amnesty International-Human Rights Watch letter to all members of the UN General Assemblyþ
To All Members of the UN General Assembly:
Dear Ambassador,
Unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, and torture -- have continued unabated in Syria following the veto by Russia and China of a draft Security Council resolution condemning the widespread and gross violations of human rights in the country. .......Details

Death toll rises as bombardment of civilian areas escalates in Homs
Amnesty International 15-02-2012
At least 377 civilians have been killed in Homs in recent days as Syrian security forces escalated their shelling of civilian neighbourhoods in the besieged city.
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Stop Shelling of Residential Areas, Hundreds Killed, Wounded in Homs, Denied Medical Care
(New York, February 9, 2012) – The Syrian government should immediately stop its shelling of residential neighborhoods in the city of Homs, Human Rights Watch said today. Since February 3, 2012, the attacks have killed more than 300 persons in the city, according to Syrian monitoring groups, and wounded hundreds others, including women and children.
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UN human rights chief blasts Syrian failure
New York - Agencies
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
The UN\'s human rights chief Navi Pillay released a statement severly condemning the failure of the international community to stop the daily bloodshed in Syria.
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Syria- Arrest and incommunicado detention of human rights defender and lawyer: Mr. Abdulla Al Khalil
8 February 2012
On 3 February 2012 human rights defender and lawyer Mr Abdulla Al Khalil was arrested in Al Riqqa and is currently being held in incommunicado detention. Abdulla Al Khalil, a member of the Detainees Defence Team in Al Riqqa,
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Brutal assault on Homs must end
8 February 2012
Russia and other countries with influence over Syria must act urgently to stop the bombardment of Homs, Amnesty International said today.
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Stop Torture of Children; Security Forces Detain Juveniles, Occupy Schools
February 3, 2012
(New York) – Syrian army and security officers have detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has documented at least 12 cases of children detained under inhumane conditions and tortured, as well as children shot while in their homes or on the street.
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