“Why Must I Pay to Reclaim My Own Home?”: Housing, Land, and Property Rights Violations in Afrin
1. Executive Summary In this comprehensive report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) examines the systematic and widespread violations of housing, land, and property (HLP) rights committed in the predominantly Kurdish region of Afrin by [...]
STJ Submits Report to Damascus Governorate on Cases of Home Seizures and Arbitrary Evictions of Homeowners in Harasta
Summary: On 26 February 2025, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) submitted a report to the Damascus Governorate on a series of property rights violations and other related violations. This report comes in response to [...]
Afrin’s IDPs: Six Years of Fear and Waiting to Return Home
Umm Muhammad and her family were forcibly displaced from Afrin, a Kurdish-majority region in Aleppo’s countryside, six years ago. She left her house but kept its key in the hopes that she would return there someday. Umm [...]
Anything Left in Afrin for Older People after the Turkish Incursion?
Abu Rinas (75) was eager to narrate how his family fared after they forcibly fled the Afrin region in northern Syria. However, tears flooded his eyes once he parted his lips. Struggling to catch his [...]
Beyti Project—A Short Guide to Dealing with Property Rights Violations in Syria
Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) released A Short Guide to Dealing with Property Rights Violations in Syria as part of the Beyti Project—which seeks to preserve property rights and document relevant breaches across the [...]
Beyti: STJ Launches a Project Dedicated to the Protection of HLP Rights in Syria
With the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011 and its gradual transformation into a multi-party armed conflict, property rights abuses became rife across Syria. This called for the need to invest additional and focused efforts [...]