A Wasted Decade

Human Rights in Syria during Bashar al-Asad’s First Ten Years in Power

Executive Summary

I. Repression of Political and Human Rights Activism

II. Restrictions on Freedom of Expression

III. Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Enforced Disappearances

IV. Repression of Kurds

V. Legacy of Enforced Disappearances

VI. Annex: List of Political and Human Rights Activists Detained during Bashar al-Asad’s First Decade in Power

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