“The Right to Knowledge”: The call to renew justice for Syria has disappeared War news in Syria

Syria determines the first international day for the victims of enforced disappearance since the fall President Bashar al -AssadWhile the country is wrestling with remaining questions about the fate of thousands who disappeared during the country’s civil war.

In a report issued on Saturday to coincide with the annual celebration, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said this year “special importance” because it has received a significant increase in the number of cases since Assad was dropped in December.

The arrival of desperate families To the previous detention centers, prisons, sites, and the collective news sites to try to find their missing relatives after the lion was removed, and investigators gained unprecedented access to government documents, witnesses of witnesses and human remains.

SNHR said on Saturday: “A limited number of detainees were released, while the fate of tens of thousands remained unknown, which made them disappear forcibly,” SNHR said on Saturday. “This has revealed a great tragedy that affected Syrian society as a whole.”

The law group said in its report that at least 177,057 people, including 4,536 children and 8984 women, disappeared by force in Syria between March 2011 and August 2025.

It was estimated that the previous government was responsible for more than 90 percent of these cases.

SNHR said: “The Assad regime systematically adopted the policy of enforced disappearance to intimidate society and their collective punishment, and target dissidents and civilians from different regions and affiliations.”

The International Day of this year comes to the victims of enforced disappearance after a few months of A new Syrian government It was established under the leadership of temporary President Ahmed Al -Sharra.

Al -Sharra pledged to address enforced disappearance, and issued a presidential decree in May established a national transitional justice committee and a national committee for missing persons (NCMP).

The bodies are assigned to investigate issues related to accountability, reform and national reconciliation, among other issues. Sharra He also pledged to punish those responsible for mass killings and other violations.

On Saturday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said that the disappearance of the lock will remain a “national priority” for the country. The ministry said: “It can only be resolved by providing justice to the victims, revealing the truth, and restoring dignity to their families.”

“Syria faces an arduous task … () the lost families have the right to complete and effective investigations.”

Independence and resources

The defenders of rights welcomed the early steps of the Syrian government about enforced disappearance, including the creation of NCMP. But they assert that the committee should be independent and get all the resources that must be effective.

“The truth, justice and compensation for Syria’s disappearance as an urgent priority of the state,” said Christine Becker, a deputy regional director in the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International. statement this week.

Beckerley said that NCMP must have “sufficient resources and the highest levels of cooperation in all state institutions.” “With every day that passes, the torment of families who awaits answers to fate and the location of their existence grows.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights also said that the effectiveness of the new committees “depends on their actual independence and full access to information and documents.”

The group said: “The legal frameworks that regulate their work must be formulated to ensure the representation of victims and civil society, and to unify the comprehensiveness of justice, from telling the truth to accountability, compensation, and the prevention of repetition.”

On Saturday, the ICRC (ICRC) said that the disappearance of a family member was not only a personal tragedy, but one of the deepest human wounds and the most in length in the Syrian conflict. “

“The Missing families deserve fixed and mercy support to help them search for answers about the fate of their loved ones and put an end to their suffering,” said Stefan Sakali, head of the ICRC delegation in Syria.

“Their right to know it is a basic human principle.”

Meanwhile, SANA News Agency, which is launched by SANA, stated that a react Web site entitled “The Syrian Prison Museum” was launched on Saturday to collect witnesses of witnesses for those detained in Assad’s detention centers, including Sidnaya’s reputable prison.

The platform, which is gathered by journalists and activists, aims to be a memorial and natural archive to facilitate the payment of accountability.

The United Nations estimates that the Assad government ran More than 100 detention facilities And an unknown number of secret sites.

During the Assad era, Syrian state officials used several techniques to punish real opponents and imagine, including exit, sleep deprivation and electrical conflict.