Published : 27-04-2021
Palestinian nurse Mahmoud Khader was released by Syrian security forces in Deraa, south of Syria, hours after he was arrested at the Freedom Square.
Reporting from southern Syria, an AGPS news correspondent said a number of Deraa residents captured the Syrian security patrol in protest at the arbitrary arrest of the nurse. The latter was released hours later.
Mahmoud is the brother of Palestinian journalist Tareq who was killed in a government strike.
AGPS has documented the secret detention of 1,797 Palestinian refugees in state-run penal complexes across war-torn Syria, among them 110 women and girls.
AGPS also documented the death of over 550 Palestinian refugees under torture in Syrian government lock-ups, including women, children, and elderly civilians.
Affidavits by ex-detainees provided evidence on the involvement of Syrian government officers in harsh torture tactics, including electric shocks, heavy beating using whips and iron sticks, and sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees, in a flagrant violation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT).
Palestinian nurse Mahmoud Khader was released by Syrian security forces in Deraa, south of Syria, hours after he was arrested at the Freedom Square.
Reporting from southern Syria, an AGPS news correspondent said a number of Deraa residents captured the Syrian security patrol in protest at the arbitrary arrest of the nurse. The latter was released hours later.
Mahmoud is the brother of Palestinian journalist Tareq who was killed in a government strike.
AGPS has documented the secret detention of 1,797 Palestinian refugees in state-run penal complexes across war-torn Syria, among them 110 women and girls.
AGPS also documented the death of over 550 Palestinian refugees under torture in Syrian government lock-ups, including women, children, and elderly civilians.
Affidavits by ex-detainees provided evidence on the involvement of Syrian government officers in harsh torture tactics, including electric shocks, heavy beating using whips and iron sticks, and sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees, in a flagrant violation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT).
