Bashar al-Assad's recent amnesty decree is the 24th since 2011, serving more as a tool for manipulation and deception than a genuine effort towards reconciliation.
The decrees allow security agencies to maintain control, exploiting ambiguous wording to exclude many political detainees under fabricated charges like terrorism, undermining their purported intent.
Al-Assad's regime continues to show no real intention to engage in a sustainable political resolution, using amnesty decrees as mere tactics to placate international scrutiny.
With no independent judicial oversight associated with these amnesties, the security forces retain broad power to decide who gains amnesty, fostering human rights violations.
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