- October 2022
The Syrian Association for Citizens' Dignity (SACD) issued a report shining a spotlight on conditions for Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, and showing that despite dire conditions, Syrian refugees continue to overwhelmingly reject any plans for a forced return to Syria. At the time when the Lebanese government announced its plan to send Syrian refugees back to their country, claiming to only send back those who sign up "voluntarily", the study has shown that any return of Syrian refugees, in the current conditions, is everything but voluntary.
SACD's report interviews 438 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, asking them about their current situation, the impact of discriminatory policies and discourse, their future plans, and their thoughts about a return to Syria. This last question is particularly relevant given that multiple Lebanese politicians have recently put forward a policy of returning Syrian refugees.
SACD also issued a bi-annual report on the violations of the first protection threshold defined by UNHCR CPSS Protection Thresholds: "Significant and durable reduction of hostilities." This report monitored the extent to which the first protection threshold, termed a "significant and lasting reduction in hostilities," has been met by the UNHCR during the first half of 2022.
It was based on analyzing exclusive primary data collected by the monitoring team at the SACD and secondary data from other reliable sources such as the Syrian Network for Human Rights. During the monitoring period, the distribution of violations was according to the areas of control, the perpetrator and its allies, and the type of violation.
On the seventh anniversary of the Russian intervention in Syria, the Syrian Association for Citizens' Dignity (SACD) organized a webinar to discuss the repercussions of seven years of war waged by Russia in the name of the "war on terror" against the Syrian people themselves, which led to seizing cities and towns and forcibly displacing Syrians from their homes.
While the Syrian regime was on the verge of collapse, losing control of most Syrian territories, the Russian intervention radically changed the balance of power on the ground and in the air.

