Published : 20-02-2021
Palestinian brothers Jihad and Mahmoud Atallah have been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for the seventh consecutive year.
Jihad, born in 1967, was arrested on March 20, 2014 by Syrian security forces deployed near AlMuzeireeb town, south of Syria.
Mahmoud, born in 1964, was arrested on January 08, 2014 in Damascus.
AGPS 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 brothers Jihad and Mahmoud Atallah have been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for the seventh consecutive year.
Jihad, born in 1967, was arrested on March 20, 2014 by Syrian security forces deployed near AlMuzeireeb town, south of Syria.
Mahmoud, born in 1964, was arrested on January 08, 2014 in Damascus.
AGPS 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).
