{"id":66448,"date":"2021-10-20T12:14:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T12:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=66448"},"modified":"2021-10-20T12:14:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T12:14:40","slug":"syria-is-not-safe-for-refugees-to-return-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/66448\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria is not safe for refugees to return: HRW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Syrian refugees who returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and affiliated militias, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReturnees also struggled to survive and meet their basic needs in a country decimated by conflict,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 72-page report named \u201cOur Lives Are Like Death: Syrian Refugee Returns from Lebanon and Jordan,\u201d found that Syria is not safe for return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HRW pointed out that among 65 returnees or family members interviewed, the organization documented 21 cases of arrest and arbitrary detention, 13 cases of torture, 3 kidnappings, 5 extrajudicial killings, 17 enforced disappearances, and 1 case of alleged sexual violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe harrowing accounts of torture, enforced disappearance, and abuse that refugees who went back to Syria endured should make it patently clear that Syria is not safe for returns,\u201d said Nadia Hardman,&nbsp;refugee and migrant rights researcher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWidespread property rights violations and other economic hardships also make a sustainable return impossible for many,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll countries should protect Syrians from being returned to face violence, torture, and halt any forced returns to Syria, HRW noted.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian refugees who returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and affiliated militias, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Wednesday. \u201cReturnees also struggled to survive and meet their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":66449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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