URGENT ACTION
Date: 14 September 2011
Five men arrested reportedly for their involvement with
popular protests in Syria remain detained incommunicado after being arrested in
July and August. Fears for the men have heightened following reports that a
pro-reform activist from the same town was killed while in the custody of the
security forces.
URGENT ACTION
Human rights activist Mohammed Najati Tayyara, aged 65, has
been held since 12 May following media interviews he gave about the abuse of
pro-reformist protesters by the Syrian government. Despite a judge ordering his
release on bail on 29 August, he was reportedly re-arrested the same day by Air
Force Intelligence and beaten in custody.
Syrian activist Ghayath Mattar was the latest in a string of
deaths in custody
13 September 2011
Fears grow for Syrian activists as deaths in custody
increase Amnesty International has urged
the Syrian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of four activists arrested
last week near Damascus after the dead body of their friend was returned to his
family over the weekend.
URGENT ACTION
Date: 13 September 2011
Syrian activist Ghayath Mattar, aged 26, is reported to have
been killed in custody following his arrest by Syrian security forces on 6
September. His dead body was returned to his family on 10 September. Four other
activists arrested at the same time are in grave danger.
12 September 2011
The President of the Human Rights Council, Laura Dupuy Lasserre today
appointed three high-level experts as members of the Commission of
Inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of international human
rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic, as mandated by
the Human Rights Council. The three Experts are Ms. Yakin Erturk Mr.
Sergio Pinheiro, and Karin Abu Zeid*. Mr. Pinheiro will serve as Chair
of the Commission.
URGENT ACTION
Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani was released on 6 September after
being referred to an investigating judge. His next hearing has been scheduled
for 18 September.
URGENT ACTION
Syrian activists, brothers Yahya Shurbaji and Ma’an
Shurbaji, Ghayath Mattar, Mohamed Tayseer Khoulani and Mazen Zyadeh, all from
Daraya, a south-western suburb of Damascus, were arrested on 6 September and
are being held incommunicado, reportedly by Air Force Intelligence. They are at
serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Human Rights Watch
September 8, 2011
(New York) – Syrian security forces forcibly removed 18
wounded people from al-Barr hospital in the central city of Homs on September
7, 2011, including five from the operating room, Human Rights Watch said today,
based on reports from witnesses, including doctors. Security forces also
prevented medical personnel from reaching the wounded in a number of the city’s
neighborhoods on that day.
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The present report is a compilation of the information contained in the reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, including observations and comments by the State concerned, and other relevant official United Nations documents.
It does not contain any opinions, views or suggestions on the part of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), other than those contained in public reports issued by OHCHR. It follows the structure of the general guidelines adopted by the Human Rights Council. Information included herein has been systematically referenced in endnotes. The report has been prepared taking into consideration the four-year periodicity of the first cycle of the review.
URGENT ACTION
Syrian political activist George Sabra has been detained
incommunicado at an undisclosed location since security forces arrested him on
20 July in Qatana, Syria. He appears to be a victim of enforced disappearance
and is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment.