Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-01

  Iran, Hizbullah selective in sending aid to Syria, prioritising regime-controlled areas

  Iran and Hizbullah have been making a show of helping regime-controlled parts of Syria after a devastating earthquake but deliberately have bypassed the hardest hit areas.

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  Human Rights

  2023-02-16

  Al-Assad seeks to leverage earthquake sympathy to shift pariah status

  With sympathy for Syria at a peak following the earthquake, the regime's widely reviled leader is trying to move international opinion in his favour.

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  Human Rights

  2023-02-13

  Earthquake devastates parts of Syria already reeling from regime, Russia assault

  The death toll from last week's massive earthquake was higher than it needed to be, as the affected areas were at a disadvantage from the start.

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  Human Rights

  2023-02-09

  Syrian regime's past and present actions stymie earthquake response

  The actions of the Syrian regime before and after the quake -- including bombing a town hours after the disaster -- have compounded the crisis, complicating and delaying aid.

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  Human Rights

  2023-02-07

  Exporting oppression: Iranian proxies emulate Tehran's tactics of control

  Iran's proxies have been emulating the Iranian regime's violent means of imposing control on populations in the region by instilling fear through kidnappings, torture and executions.

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  Human Rights

  2023-02-01

  Two-thirds of Yemen's population in need of humanitarian aid: UN

  Over 21 million Yemenis will need aid this year because of grave economic hardship. Eight years of a war have seen services deteriorate, job opportunities disappear and prices go up.

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  Human Rights

  2023-01-23

  Heat or food: Syrian refugees in Baalbek face desperate winter situation

  As Syrian refugees in Lebanese camps face dire conditions this winter, the Syrian regime and its ally Hizbullah continue to smuggle dollars and fuel across the border, exacerbating the situation.

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  Human Rights

  2023-01-09

  Deaths under torture continue in Syrian regime prisons

  A war monitor documented the death under torture of close to 100 inmates last year, though the regime seeks to conceal the true numbers.

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  Human Rights

  2022-12-20

  Mercy Corps feeds the displaced in north Syria camps as winter sets in

  Camp residents say the aid they receive is helping them survive, but they need additional assistance, especially during the colder months.

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  Human Rights

  2022-12-12

  Iran hands new 10-year sentence to 2 prominent Bahai activists

  At least 90 Bahais are currently in prison or subject to ankle-band monitoring. Members of the community say they face systematic persecution in Iran.