Human Rights and Pathways to Accountability in Syria: A Q&A with PHR’s Maram Haddad - Physicians for Human Rights - PHR

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The Assad family ruled Syria for 53 years, overseeing decades of repression, a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011, and 14 years of brutal armed conflict. Following nearly two years of transition after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Maram Haddad – a Syrian expert who serves as PHR’s Deputy Director of Capacity Development and Evidence-Based Practice – takes stock of Syria’s progress and opportunities to advance human rights. For 14 long years, I was prohibited from returning to my homeland. For 14 years I was unable to have coffee with my mother at the kitchen table, wa…