Thursday , 18 July 2019
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Civil Defence ambulances hunted down in Eastern Ghouta
This is the second of a series of research blog posts investigating violations of international humanitarian law since the military offensive began on 18 February 2018 by Russian-backed Syrian ...
Kafr Batna: airstrike on a market – 5 March 2018
This is the first of a series of research blog posts investigating unlawful attacks since the military offensive began on 18 February 2018 by Russian-backed Syrian government forces to root out ...
Research – Rule of fear: ISIS abuses in detention in northern Syria
This briefing describes serious abuses of human rights committed in detention facilities run by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS),1 an armed opposition group that currently ...
Blog – “My Children Were Crying From the Cold”: A Syrian Family’s Story
By Amnesty International’s Syria researcher Cilina Nasser in Istanbul 8 November 2013 “I’m not thinking about the future…I’m thinking about what we have left behind. I did not ...
Blog – No more hand-wringing on Syria
By Cilina Nasser, Amnesty International’s researcher on Syria, this was originally posted on MSN UK 22 August 2013 It is impossible to watch the videos that emanated from Syria yesterday and ...
Research – Syria: Civilians in al-Baydah and Banias exposed to summary executions
Mass killings took place in al-Baydah on 2 May and Banias on 3 May. Research carried out by Amnesty International into the incidents found that pro-government forces were behind the deaths of ...
Research – Lebanon: Torture allegations in wake of Sidon armed clashes
Information researched by Amnesty International indicates that the death in custody at end of June of Nader al-Bayoumi, a 35-year-old man detained by the Lebanese army following armed clashes ...
Human rights researcher and blogger.