Missing Persons

The Importance of Protecting Mass Graves in Syria

A mass grave in eastern Bosnia. Photo from Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bosnia_mass_grave.jpg] As Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance on Raqqa, Kurdish sources have

World Organization Against Torture - Syrian Arab Republic: Abducted Activists’ Whereabouts Remain Unknown

In an open letter to armed groups around Douma in Syria and the governments that support them, the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre and 55 other human rights organizations call

Deaths in Secrecy, the Plight of Syrian Detainees

Deaths in Secrecy, the Plight of Syrian Detainees

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) recently released a report [http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/A-HRC-31-CRP1_en.pdf] on the systematic abuses and deaths of detainees in