A human rights organization specialized in the affairs of Palestinian refugees in Syria and the repercussions of the Syrian crisis on them. It was launched after a workshop that gathered institutions, media professionals, intellectuals and politicians. It was established to be a human rights observatory and a media platform, monitoring the concerns of Palestinians in Syria, defending their issues, and carrying their voice to the world, the international community and decision-makers.

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria documents and monitors developments related to the affairs of Palestinian refugees in Syria. It issues statements about detainees and forcibly disappeared persons, and prepares documentary reports on the conditions of detainees and missing persons and shares them with various human rights organizations. It works on building a database of victims, detainees and missing persons, and collects evidence and documents into files with the aim of implementing justice and holding human rights violators accountable.

A Facebook page that supports families of detainees and helps them in case a family member is arrested. The page is specialized in the field of justice. Do not hesitate to come to us if you have any questions.

Adra Central Prison is a Facebook page that publishes names, photos and information about detainees in the Syrian regime’s prisons. It helps parents know the fate of their children by publishing lists of the names of those released and their whereabouts. It contributes, with other pages, to publishing testimonies of former detainees and survivors of the regime’s prisons, in which they recount their suffering.

A group of survivors from the prisons and detention centers of the Syrian regime, gathered to build a just Syrian society that guarantees freedom of expression and opinion, and protects its rights from possible violations.

Adra Detainees Association is a Facebook page that focuses on demanding to release female and male detainees, revealing their fate, and handing over the bodies of victims who passed away to their families. The page publishes photos, names and news of some of the survivors and participates in solidarity vigils in northern Syria and several European cities. The page published a research paper, in collaboration with a group of Syrian civil organizations, containing the guidelines for the participation of victims in the International Mechanism for Missing Persons in Syria, which emphasizes that the right to participate in revealing their fate is one of the aspects of justice for victims, and an incentive to rehabilitate and empower them in society.

The Amal Recovery and Advocacy Center (AHAC) is a women-led organization that specializes in empowering women, who suffer from psychological symptoms resulting from social and sexual violence within the family or community. The organization seeks to contribute to bringing about a change in the status of women in Syrian society and support them in increasing their awareness of their rights and opportunities. The motive behind the establishment of the organization was the desire to contribute to building a Syrian society based on just and equal human rights and based on an independent civil state.

Amal Recovery and Advocacy Center (AHAC) documents cases of arbitrary arrests, as well as cases of kidnapping and enforced disappearance in Syria. The center provides legal documentation services for survivors and submits these cases to the concerned authorities to follow up on medical documentation procedures. It organizes dialogue sessions on transitional justice with survivors of detention and conducts advocacy campaigns such as “Listen to Us”, a human rights advocacy campaign led by survivors that aims to raise their voice to the international community. The center also contributed to the campaign “We are your voice”, which called to reveal the fate of all detainees. Between 2019 and 2021, AHAC collaborated with the International Committee for Detainees in the legal support project for families of missing persons, by providing legal advice and lectures to raise legal awareness.

Amargie works on supporting its member-artists (including the detention survivors) in terms of communicating their works to a larges audience – online and face to face – and issuing statements condemning the arrest of artists, and what follows of psychological, physical and moral intimidation. The group reaches out to media within the efforts of making it a public opinion matter and pressing the Syrian government to release the detained artists. In addition, it supports prisoners of conscience in particular and detainees in general by following up on their news and networking with other groups and pages.

Amargie participates in several activities and campaigns regarding the Syrian detainees cause. It published testimonies of the detainees within its Marginalized Cities campaign, and shares articles written by its members on the issue of detainees and children in detention centers.

We investigate and uncover facts whenever and wherever violations occur. We put pressure on governments and other powerful groups like corporations, and make sure they keep their promises. By telling powerful stories of the people we interact with, we mobilize millions of supporters around the world. Together we fight for change, advocate for frontline activists and support people to claim their rights through education and training.

Amnesty International conducts research and rigorous inspection of human rights violations and abuses that take place in Syria. It publishes stories and testimonies of former detainees and launches campaigns to influence and pressure the international community through petitions, letters and protests. Amnesty International issues reports that monitor the conditions in detention centers and the regime’s violations of human rights, such as the 2017 report “Human Slaughterhouse”, which shed light on the executions and torture taking place in Saydnaya Military Prison. It also held an exhibition in Beirut titled “Tens of thousands”, with the families of the victims and survivors, to shed light on the issue of the missing and forcibly disappeared persons in Syria.

We are a group of young people living abroad with the goal to create an archive for Syria’s detainees.

Archive of Syrian Detainees is a Facebook page that documents the names of detainees in the Syrian regime’s prisons, by publishing photos and information about the place and date of their arrest. The page also helps families know the fate of their detainees by publishing names and news about the latest sightings and whereabouts of detainees in detention centers.

An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for human rights and promotes public freedoms through art. It aims to support detainees and their families against the practices and policies of torture, and to provide legal and human rights services.

Artists for Justice is an organization that monitors and documents the violations faced by detainees in general, and more specifically detained artists. AFJ assists the families of detained artists and provides them with the necessary awareness on human rights and legal matters. It also works to ensure accountability for the crimes and violations committed by the Syrian authorities against detained artists and their families, and participates in promoting international awareness to support the detainees’ cause.

Introducing female detainees and male detainees, communicating their news, the reasons for their arrest, defending them and demanding their release.

This Facebook page was active between 2014 and 2018. It published names and news of detainees in the Syrian regime’s prisons, as well as information on their whereabouts. It helped families know the fate of their missing persons by publishing information and the latest sightings of detainees in the regime’s prisons. The page published several videos and testimonies of former female detainees, in which they talk about the abuses they were subjected to and their difficult attempts to reintegrate their society. The page also shared news of insurrections, such as the one that took place in Hama prison, and educated the families about fraudsters who can provide them with misleading information about the possibility of visiting the detainees in prison, in return for large sums of money. The page participated in many campaigns in 2016, such as Detained Women are Beautiful, and Syria is a homeland, not a prison. It also participated with Radio Rozana in the radio program The Darkness of the Cell, which documents testimonies of prison survivors.

A non-governmental, non-profit association to help political prisoners in Syria.

The Association of Lebanese Political Prisoners in Syrian Prisons documents the names of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and collects data and information regarding the locations and conditions of their detention, and publishes the information on social media platforms. The association helps families and children of detainees in the fields of education and medical care, and communicates with international organizations to push for the release of detainees and to return the remains of those who had passed away in detention. The association also organizes a variety of events, including seminars, lectures, and film screenings around the violations that detainees are subjected to in Syrian prisons.