Syria

23 million people
5,120 USD GNI (PPP)
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Freedom Alert

U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Violence in Syria

Mar 3 2012 - 1:25pm

Freedom House welcomes the U.N. Human Right's Council (UNHRC)’s adoption of a resolution  condemning "widespread and systematic” human rights violations in Syria.  The resolution calls upon the Syrian government to immediately cease attacks on civilians and to allow unimpeded access by the United Nations and other aid groups to areas that have been besieged for months.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Human Rights Defense, Rule of Law, United Nations
Regions: 
Middle East and North Africa
Press Release

“Friends of Syria” Must Step Up Efforts for Change

Feb 22 2012 - 11:15am

Freedom House today calls on all governments that will gather this Friday in Tunis for the “Friends of Syria” meeting to recognize the Syrian National Council as the country’s transitional government and to sever diplomatic relations with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Freedom House also urges Russia to stop all transfers of weapons to Syria.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Middle East and North Africa
Freedom Alert

Freedom House Alarmed By Arrest of 14 Syrian Activists

Feb 17 2012 - 3:35pm

Freedom House is outraged by the arrest on February 16 of 14 Syrian bloggers, journalists, and activists affiliated with the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM). Among those detained were prominent activist and SCM Director Mazen Darwish and his wife, US-born blogger Razzan Ghazzawi, and journalist Hanadi Zahlout.

Issues: 
Human Rights Defense, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Middle East and North Africa
In the News

The Tyrant’s Wife

Feb 14 2012 - 11:19am

As Syria’s first lady stands by her murderous husband, Iranian activist and program officer at Freedom House, Parvaneh Vahidmanesh remembers the Asma al-Assad she met on bike rides for peace.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Middle East and North Africa

Experts

Daniel Calingaert

Vice President of Policy and External Affairs


Issues: 
Civil Society, Democratic Governance, Elections, Internet Freedom, U.S. Foreign Policy
Regions: 
Middle East and North Africa

Signature Reports

Freedom in the World

Freedom of the Press

Special Reports

Worst of the Worst 2011: The World's Most Repressive Societies

Freedom House has prepared this special report entitled Worst of the Worst: The World’s Most Repressive Societies, as a companion to its annual survey on the state of global political rights and civil liberties, Freedom in the World. The special report provides summary country reports, tables, and graphical information on the countries that receive the lowest combined ratings for political rights and civil liberties in Freedom in the World, and whose citizens endure systematic and pervasive human rights violations.

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Worst of the Worst 2007

Sudan, North Korea and Uzbekistan are prominent among the most repressive regimes in the world, according to a report released by Freedom House.  The study, “The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2007,” named seventeen countries with the worst records for political rights and civil liberties, and pointed to thirteen countries which have been on the list for five years or more.

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Human Rights Defense, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

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