Since the beginning of the arrests and enforced disappearances at the hands of the regime forces in 2011, calls for the establishment of an independent international institution began with a preliminary discussion among the Syrians themselves and the concerned human rights organizations, such as the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), Fadel Abdul Ghany, chairman and founder of the monitoring group, said to Enab Baladi.
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Enab Baladi