Syria 2018 Human Rights Report - Softcover

U.S. Department Of State

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1078240183 ISBN 13: 9781078240185

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

This is the 2018 report on Human Rights by the U.S. Department of State published on March 13, 2019President Bashar Assad has ruled the Syrian Arab Republic since 2000. The constitution mandates the primacy of Baath Party leaders in state institutions and society, and Assad and Baath party leaders dominate all three branches of government as an authoritarian regime. An uprising against the government that began in 2011 continued throughout the year. The 2014 presidential election and the 2016 parliamentary elections resulted in the election of Assad and 200 People’s Council (Syrian parliament) seats for the Baath Party-led National Progressive Front, respectively. Both elections took place in an environment of widespread government coercion, and many Syrians residing in opposition-held territory did not participate in the elections. Observers did not consider the elections free or fair.Civilian authorities maintained effective control over the uniformed military, police, and state security forces but did not maintain effective control over foreign and domestic military or paramilitary organizations. These progovernment forces included Russian armed forces, Hizballah, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and nonuniformed progovernment militias, such as the National Defense Forces.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1078240183
• ISBN 13: 9781078240185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 71