MEI Syria Program

On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (@SNHR) released its 13th annual report on torture crimes in #Syria. The report revealed that at least 157,287 individuals remain under detention or forcibly disappeared in detention centers affiliated with warring parties. Among these, more than 112,713 were forcibly disappeared between March 2011 and 2024. The SNHR report said at least 15,383 individuals were tortured to death, including 199 children and 115 women, since the Syrian regime began suppressing protests in 2011. The regime is the primary party responsible for these crimes, with 15,098 individuals dying in its prisons. The Syrian Democratic Forces ranked second, with 105 individuals killed, followed by armed opposition factions, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, #ISIS and others. #Homs (2,530 cases), #Daraa (2,500) and #Damascus (1,916) are the provinces with the highest number of victims in detention. The regime continues to commit crimes of torture and enforced disappearance despite the International Court of Justice's ruling on the matter on November 16, 2023. From that date until May 16, #SNHR documented 534 cases of arbitrary detention, 471 of whom were forcibly disappeared. The regime killed 29 of these detainees in its detention centers, delivering only one body to the victim’s family, and added 14 names to the civil registry death records.