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lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시리아인권관측소" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%BD%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Մարդու իրավունքների սիրիական դիտարան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մարդու իրավունքների սիրիական դիտարան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="Сирийский центр мониторинга за соблюдением прав человека" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BDrske_pozorovate%C4%BEsk%C3%A9_centrum_pre_%C4%BEudsk%C3%A9_pr%C3%A1va" title="Sýrske pozorovateľské centrum pre ľudské práva – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Sýrske pozorovateľské centrum pre ľudské práva" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%95%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%86%DA%A4" title="ڕووانگەی سووری بۆ مافەکانی مرۆڤ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ڕووانگەی سووری بۆ مافەکانی مرۆڤ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirijski_opservatorij_za_ljudska_prava" title="Sirijski opservatorij za ljudska prava – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sirijski opservatorij za ljudska prava" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights" title="Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" 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Rami Abdulrahman)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Osama Suleiman (a.k.a. Rami Abdulrahman)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Osama Suleiman<sup id="cite_ref-sueddeutsche_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sueddeutsche-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.syriahr.com/en/">www<wbr />.syriahr<wbr />.com<wbr />/en<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</b> (also known as <b>SOHR</b>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان</span>), founded in May 2006, is a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>-based information office whose stated aim is to document <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> abuses in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>; since 2011 it has focused on the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>. It has been frequently quoted by major news outlets since the beginning of the war about daily numbers of deaths from all sides in the conflict<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SOHR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOHR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and particularly civilians killed in airstrikes in Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SOHR has been described as being "pro-<a href="/wiki/Syrian_opposition" title="Syrian opposition">opposition</a>" and anti-<a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Assad</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but has reported on war crimes committed by all sides of the conflict. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_operations">History and operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is run by "Rami Abdulrahman" (sometimes spelled as Rami Abdul Rahman), from his home in <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahman is a Syrian <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a> who owns a clothing shop. Born Osama Suleiman, he adopted a pseudonym during his years of activism in Syria and has used it publicly ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being imprisoned three times in Syria, Abdulrahman fled to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> fearing a fourth jail term and has not returned.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a December 2011 interview with <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, Abdulrahman claimed the observatory has a network of more than 200 people and that six of his sources had been killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung" title="Süddeutsche Zeitung">Süddeutsche Zeitung</a></i> described the organisation as a one-man-operation with Abdulrahman its only permanent member.<sup id="cite_ref-sueddeutsche_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sueddeutsche-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (April 2018)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In April 2013, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> described him as being on the phone all day everyday with contacts in Syria, relying on four individuals inside the country who collate information from more than 230 activists, while cross-checking all information with sources himself.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accuracy_and_independence">Accuracy and independence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Accuracy and independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Neil Sammonds, a British researcher for the London-based <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a>, said, "Generally, the information on the killings of civilians is very good, definitely one of the best, including the details on the conditions in which people were supposedly killed."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organisation says on its website that "The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is not associated or linked to any political body."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SOHR has been described as being "pro-opposition"<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or anti-<a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Assad</a><sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera.com_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also anti-<a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and anti-<a href="/wiki/Syrian_National_Army" title="Syrian National Army">Syrian National Army</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been criticised for refusing to share its data or methodology.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been also criticised for selective reporting, covering only violent acts of the government forces against the opposition for the first two years of its existence<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reporting anti-government fighter deaths as civilians deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Classified U.S. diplomatic cables, provided by the anti-secrecy Web site <a href="/wiki/WikiLeaks" title="WikiLeaks">WikiLeaks</a>, showed that the U.S. State Department has funneled $6 million to <a href="/wiki/Barada_TV" title="Barada TV">Barada TV</a>, an anti-Assad satellite TV channel operated by people affiliated with SOHR, between 2006 and 2011 to operate the satellite channel and finance activities inside Syria, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> reported in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> reported that Rami Abdulrahman had received small subsidies from the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and one European country.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Medialens" class="mw-redirect" title="Medialens">Medialens</a></i> said that journalist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Sinclair_(activist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian Sinclair (activist) (page does not exist)">Ian Sinclair</a> confirmed "in communication with the Foreign Office" that "the UK funded a project worth £194,769.60 to provide the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights with communications equipment and cameras."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casualty_recording" title="Casualty recording">Casualty recording</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Network_for_Human_Rights" title="Syrian Network for Human Rights">Syrian Network for Human Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violations_Documentation_Center_in_Syria" title="Violations Documentation Center in Syria">Violations Documentation Center in Syria</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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