Political prisoners in Ba'athist Syria

From 1964 until 2011, the State of Emergency Law in Syria allowed for arbitrary detention of political suspects at will for an unlimited duration of time. During this time, tens of thousands have been arrested, tortured, and held in isolation for months to years without charge or trial. Although the state of emergency was officially lifted in 2011 at the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, arrests continued. Civil society activists, media workers (including citizen journalists), and medical and humanitarian workers have been targeted by the Assad regime, its militias, and by non-state armed groups.

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