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No Room to Breathe: State Repression of Human Rights Activism in Syria

No Room to Breathe

State Repression of Human Rights Activism in Syria

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I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Syrian Government

To the European Union and its Member States

To the International Community

To the United Nations

III. Background: The Emergence of a Human Rights Community in Syria

IV. Syria’s Legal Framework

The Emergency Law

The Law on Associations

Registration

Control of operations

Relations with outside world and funding

Stalled attempts to reform the law

Other Restrictive Laws

V. Realities of Human Rights Groups in Syria

Denial of Legal Status

Involvement of security authorities in registration

Denial of application without justification

Impact of lack of legal status

Prohibition of Meetings

Arrests and Trials

Travel Bans

Other Forms of Harassment

VI. Syria’s International Legal Obligations

VII. Response of the International Community

VIII. Acknowledgements

October 2007 Volume 19, No. 6(E)