5 April 2012 – Amnesty International

A Syrian man, aged 70, has been held incommunicado since 19 March , reportedly by Air Force Intelligence. He is believed to be detained in relation to his son’s pro-reform activities. He is in poor health, and it is not known if he is receiving the daily medication he requires . He is at risk of torture and other ill treatment.

March 27, 2012

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Full video coverage of the hearing on the Human Rights Crisis in Syria

Please Click here to Read the Testimony of : Maria McFarland, Deputy Washington Director, Human Rights Watch

Please Click here to Read the Testimony of : Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

Please Click here to Read the Testimony of : Andrew Tabler, Next Generation Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Please Click here to Read the Testimony of : Radwan Ziadeh, Visiting Scholar, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

The Human Rights Crisis in Syria, Dr. Radwan Ziadeh

By Attorney Dr. Mahmoud Atour

“Mankind must put an end to atrocities or atrocities will put an end to mankind”. What is happening in Syria is beyond description; an oppressed people that has not tasted freedom for forty years now, in spite of it being one of the main objectives of the leader party and the community. During these forty years of brutal suppression, this party could not achieve this goal