Published : 28-12-2020
A number of Palestinian refugees who broke away from the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) and joined opposition outfits south of Syria have been incarcerated in Syria’s state-run prisons. Many of them got their security situation worked out, though.
At the same time, a number of PLA conscripts were pronounced dead after they broke away from the battalion. Several others were tortured to death in Syrian government lock-ups.
Scores of Palestinian youths have been forced to join the PLA. Those who refuse forced conscription are often subjected to manhunt and imprisonment. Thousands of young men have fled the country.
In mid-2020, a Palestinian family identified their missing relative—Basel Nabil Kherma, forcibly disappeared in Syrian government prisons since 2012—in a series of photos leaked by the so-called Caesar breakaway
The victim was arrested during a military conscription term with the Palestine Liberation Army, affiliated with the Syrian regime. He was aged 19 at the time and accused of affiliations with opposition groups.
Horrific photos showing thousands of people who were tortured to death in Syrian government penitentiaries were leaked by a military police photographer, codenamed Caesar.
AGPS has recorded the secret incarceration of 1,797 Palestinian refugees in Syrian government prisons, including 110 women and girls.
A number of Palestinian refugees who broke away from the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) and joined opposition outfits south of Syria have been incarcerated in Syria’s state-run prisons. Many of them got their security situation worked out, though.
At the same time, a number of PLA conscripts were pronounced dead after they broke away from the battalion. Several others were tortured to death in Syrian government lock-ups.
Scores of Palestinian youths have been forced to join the PLA. Those who refuse forced conscription are often subjected to manhunt and imprisonment. Thousands of young men have fled the country.
In mid-2020, a Palestinian family identified their missing relative—Basel Nabil Kherma, forcibly disappeared in Syrian government prisons since 2012—in a series of photos leaked by the so-called Caesar breakaway
The victim was arrested during a military conscription term with the Palestine Liberation Army, affiliated with the Syrian regime. He was aged 19 at the time and accused of affiliations with opposition groups.
Horrific photos showing thousands of people who were tortured to death in Syrian government penitentiaries were leaked by a military police photographer, codenamed Caesar.
AGPS has recorded the secret incarceration of 1,797 Palestinian refugees in Syrian government prisons, including 110 women and girls.
