New York: Europe and the Arabs
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has reported that many Syrians who fled the war face serious human rights violations and abuses upon their return to Syria. According to the UN daily news bulletin
  The Commission issued a report yesterday, Tuesday, in which it indicated that the documented violations and abuses were committed by the government, de facto authorities, and other armed groups throughout the country.
According to the report, these violations include arbitrary detention, torture, ill-treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, enforced disappearance, and kidnapping. People were also subjected to having their money and property confiscated, and being deprived of identity cards and other documents.
While the Syrian population as a whole faces such human rights violations and abuses, “returnees appear to be more exposed to these risks than others,” the report asserts.
A disturbing picture of the suffering of returnees
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said: “This report paints a very disturbing picture of the suffering of returnees, especially women, in light of the escalation in deportations of Syrians from other countries. The situation of these returnees raises serious questions about states’ commitment to due process and non-refoulement.” "Coercive."
Turk called for the need to "refrain from stigmatizing those who wish to return and resume their lives in Syria, and to stop discriminating against them or exposing them to any kind of violence or abuse upon their return to their homeland."
He also stressed the need to treat those who remain in host countries in accordance with the provisions of international law, including the principle of non-refoulement. The rights of refugees and asylum seekers must be respected. “Return should be voluntary, with safe, dignified and sustainable conditions for return.”
Victims' narratives
One of the returnees narrated that the security forces of the local authorities violently arrested him upon his return to Syria and took him to an unknown location, where he remained blindfolded for two days, and was subjected to severe beatings repeatedly.
One returnee described how government security forces detained her and her two daughters for a week as they attempted to leave Syria for the second time. She said that her family had to pay a bribe of $300 to speed up their release. She said: "I was interrogated daily and asked about the reasons for my travel to Lebanon."
The report stated that returning women face discriminatory restrictions, specifically imposed on the right to move freely and independently. He also documented cases in which women were forced to return to Syria by male family members with the aim of assessing conditions for a safe and sustainable return for the rest of the family.