Published : 24-03-2021
Palestinian brothers Ahmad and Mahmoud Tamim have been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for over seven years.
Ahmed was arrested on May 15, 2014. Mahmoud was arrested on March 12, 2015 during aid distribution in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus.
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 brothers Ahmad and Mahmoud Tamim have been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for over seven years.
Ahmed was arrested on May 15, 2014. Mahmoud was arrested on March 12, 2015 during aid distribution in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus.
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).
