Published : 05-04-2021
Palestinian refugee Ayman Ahmad AlRefai has been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for nine consecutive years.
Ayman, a resident of AlAyedeen Camp in Hums, was kidnapped from his home in AlSham neighborhood on July 1, 2012.
AGPS has documented the secret detention of over 1,700 Palestinian refugees in Syrian state dungeons.
AGPS believes that the number is far higher due to the gag orders enforced by the Syrian authorities on the detainees’ fates and names, along with the reluctance of the refugee families to reveal the names of their deceased or missing relatives for fear of retaliation.
AGPS continues to urge the Syrian government to disclose the fate of scores of Palestinians forcibly disappeared in state-run lock-ups, release the bodies of those tortured to death, seriously work on halting harsh torture tactics, launch fact-finding probes into crimes of torture, and to bring those involved in such crimes before courts.
Palestinian refugee Ayman Ahmad AlRefai has been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for nine consecutive years.
Ayman, a resident of AlAyedeen Camp in Hums, was kidnapped from his home in AlSham neighborhood on July 1, 2012.
AGPS has documented the secret detention of over 1,700 Palestinian refugees in Syrian state dungeons.
AGPS believes that the number is far higher due to the gag orders enforced by the Syrian authorities on the detainees’ fates and names, along with the reluctance of the refugee families to reveal the names of their deceased or missing relatives for fear of retaliation.
AGPS continues to urge the Syrian government to disclose the fate of scores of Palestinians forcibly disappeared in state-run lock-ups, release the bodies of those tortured to death, seriously work on halting harsh torture tactics, launch fact-finding probes into crimes of torture, and to bring those involved in such crimes before courts.
