Human Rights in Syria during Bashar al-Asad’s First Ten Years in Power
This 35-page report reviews al-Asad's human rights record in five key areas: repression of political and human rights activism; restrictions on freedom of expression; torture; treatment of the Kurds; and Syria's legacy of enforced disappearances. The verdict is bleak.
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ISBN: 1-56432-663-2
ISBN: 1-56432-663-2
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- A Wasted Decade
- 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
