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- In 2022, civilians in Syria faced another year of grave abuses and severe hardship, perpetuated by the Syrian government and other parties to the conflict and compounded by the worst economic and humanitarian crisis the country has faced since the start of the conflict in 2011.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Syria. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Download Report. Translations. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Bashar Assad has ruled the Syrian Arab Republic as president since 2000.
- Abuses by The Syrian-Russian Military Alliance
- Economic Crisis and Rights Implications
- Obstacles to Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction
- Arbitrary Detentions, Torture, Extrajudicial Executions, Enforced Disappearances
- Women’s Rights
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
- Violations by Turkey and Turkish-backed Forces
- Violations by Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, and Other Anti-Government Groups
- Violations by The Syrian Democratic Forces and US-led Coalition
- Displacement Crisis
While all sides to the conflict have committed heinous laws-of-war violations, the Syrian-Russian military alliance has conducted indiscriminate aerial bombing of schools, hospitals, and markets—the civilian infrastructure essential to a society’s survival. According to Airwars, a UK-based monitoring group, the Russian air force alone has carried o...
By 2021, Syria's economic output shrunk by 60 percent, the national currency depreciated by 99 percent and more than 90 percent of the population live below the poverty line according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). At least 12.4 million Syrians—out of an estimated population of around 16 million—are food insec...
At least 13.1 million Syrians need humanitarian aid across Syria. Millions in northeast and northwest Syria rely on the cross-border flow of food, medicine, and other lifesaving assistance—including the Covid-19 vaccine. Aid workers told Human Rights Watch that non-UN agencies have nowhere near the UN’s capacity to buy supplies and transport them i...
Syrian security forces and government-affiliated militias continue to arbitrarily detain, disappear, and mistreat people across the country, including children, people with disabilities and older people, and returnees and individuals in retaken areas who have signed so-called reconciliation agreements. Human Rights Watch has documented 21 cases of ...
Women continue to face discrimination in relation to marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance under the Personal Status Law. A woman loses her right to financial maintenance from her husband if she refuses to live with her husband in the marital home without a legitimate excuse or if she works outside the marital home without her husband’s ...
Syrianstate and non-state actors have subjected men, boys, transgender women, and nonbinary people to sexual violence during the Syrian conflict, resulting in severe physical and mental health consequences. Under Article 520 of the Syrian penal code, “unnatural sexual intercourse” is punishable by three years in prison.
Turkey invaded and occupied parts of northeastern Syria in October 2019, where it remains in control. In the immediate aftermath, many homes and private properties held by the local Kurdish population were looted and seized. By December 2019, Turkish authorities and an armed group affiliated with the Turkish-backed anti-government group—the Syrian ...
Anti-government groups in Syria continue to resort to abusive detention practices in areas under their control. In Idlib, Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Al-Qaeda affiliate, continues to raid and arbitrarily detain activists, humanitarian workers, and civilians voicing critical opinions. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, during the ...
The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led armed group, has carried out mass arrest campaigns against civilians including activists, journalists, and teachers. In the first half of 2021, the SDF arbitrarily detained 369 individuals, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. More than 60,000 men, women and children remain detained in degrad...
The Syrian displacement crisis remains one of the most dire and protracted consequences of the war. Since 2011, 12.3 million were forced to flee since the onset of the war, according to UNOCHA, with 6.7 million currently internally displaced across the country. In 2021, efforts to force refugees to return have taken on new dimensions. In March, Den...
Inside Syria, over 14.6 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance, a 9% increase from 13.4 million people in 2021. The economic situation significantly deteriorated in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the devaluation of the Syrian pound, rising inflation, hikes in fuel prices, frequent electricity cuts and sanctions.
Socio-economic conditions are deteriorating rapidly in Syria, affected by a range of shocks including prolonged armed conflict, economic sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic, a severe drought, deepening economic crises in neighboring Lebanon and Turkey, and the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and associated sanctions.
Overview. Political rights and civil liberties in Syria are severely compromised by one of the world’s most repressive regimes and by other belligerent forces in an ongoing civil war. The regime prohibits genuine political opposition and harshly suppresses freedoms of speech and assembly.
Apr 8, 2023 · Overview. In 2022, the World Food Programme (WFP) supported half of the food-insecure Syrians, providing them with food, nutrition, and early recovery assistance. After 11 years of crisis, life...
Mar 9, 2022 · 9 March 2022 Human Rights. Top UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday urged renewed efforts for a political solution to Syria’s devastating war, which has been marked by an uptick of...
