Published : 27-03-2021
Palestinian refugee Khaled Mohamed AlShafe’i has been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for the 10th consecutive year
Khaled, a resident of Jaramana Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Rif Dimashq, was arrested by Syrian security forces in mid-2011 and dragged to an unidentified destination.
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 refugee Khaled Mohamed AlShafe’i has been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for the 10th consecutive year
Khaled, a resident of Jaramana Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Rif Dimashq, was arrested by Syrian security forces in mid-2011 and dragged to an unidentified destination.
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).
