{"id":136558,"date":"2025-01-16T09:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T07:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-rights-chief-in-historic-meeting-in-syrias-with-caretaker-authority-in-damascus\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T07:10:53","slug":"un-rights-chief-in-historic-meeting-in-syrias-with-caretaker-authority-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-rights-chief-in-historic-meeting-in-syrias-with-caretaker-authority-in-damascus\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria\u2019s with caretaker authority in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136558\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The UN human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees under the deposed Assad regime and insisted that he stands with the people of the war-torn nation as they \u201crebuild a country that works for all Syrians\u201d. Speaking from Damascus after meeting the leader of the caretaker authorities, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Mr. T\u00fcrk said that he had been \u201cassured\u2026of the importance of respect for human rights for all Syrians and all different components of Syrian society\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Syria\u2019s de facto leader &#8211; who spearheaded the lightning overthrow of Bashar Al Assad on 8 December at the head of opposition fighters Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) &#8211; also underscored \u201cthe pursuit of healing, trust building and social cohesion, and the reform of institutions\u201d, the High Commissioner said. \u201cBut the challenges are immense,\u201d he continued, pointing to the \u201chundreds of thousands of lives\u201d lost, the fact that much of the country lies in ruins\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Today, nine in 10 Syrians are \u201cmired in poverty, the health system is on its knees and many schools are closed,\u201d Mr. T\u00fcrk said. \u201cMillions are still displaced both inside and outside the country. The rights to food, health, education and housing are fundamental human rights, and there must be prompt, collective and concerted efforts to guarantee them.\u201d Calling for \u201can urgent reconsideration\u201d of ongoing sanctions on Syria \u201cwith a view to lifting them\u201d, the UN rights chief said that considering their impact on the lives of the Syrian people was key.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. T\u00fcrk \u2013 whose visit to Syria is a first for any UN High Commissioner for Human Rights \u2013 said that he had heard harrowing testimony from numerous victims of torture. They included some jailed at the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus, where his Office documented violations \u201cfor years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The UN rights chief described prisoners telling him that \u201cearly in the morning, as they heard the guards at their door, trembling in fear, they retreated to the rear of the cell, fearing they would be hauled out again to be tortured, or even executed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/01\/1159021\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/01\/1159021\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/un-rights-chief-in-historic-meeting-in-syrias-with-caretaker-authority-in-damascus\/\">UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria\u2019s with caretaker authority in Damascus<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2211,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-136558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-syria","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}