MSF is not authorised to operate inside Syria at present and thus is unable to fully verify the information collected here. However, given the recurring nature, the consistency and the severity of the acts described in the testimonies, MSF has decided to make them public.

For security reasons, names and locations have been withheld.

"Nobody wants to stay at the hospital. You go in... and the next day 'they' come and get you"

"I moved and the snipers saw me. They tried to shoot me in the head."

"We were not expecting the Syrian army and security forces to ambush the demonstrators..."