Published : 11-04-2021
Palestinian refugee Adel Adib Diab, aged 23, has been secretly held in Syria’s state-run prisons for the seventh consecutive year.
Adel was arrested on March 24, 2014 on his way out of the old city of Hums as part of the reconciliation deal between the government forces and opposition outfits. He was dragged to the Andalus School in Hums before he was transferred to an unknown location.
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 refugee Adel Adib Diab, aged 23, has been secretly held in Syria’s state-run prisons for the seventh consecutive year.
Adel was arrested on March 24, 2014 on his way out of the old city of Hums as part of the reconciliation deal between the government forces and opposition outfits. He was dragged to the Andalus School in Hums before he was transferred to an unknown location.
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).
