Published : 17-09-2021
Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Tamim has been secretly locked up in Syrian government dungeons since March 12, 2015.
He was arrested by the government forces at a relief distribution center set up by UNRWA south of Damascus.
Activists have appealed to the concerned human rights institutions and international bodies, among them UNRWA and the Palestine Embassy in Damascus, to work on disclosing his fate.
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 Mahmoud Tamim has been secretly locked up in Syrian government dungeons since March 12, 2015.
He was arrested by the government forces at a relief distribution center set up by UNRWA south of Damascus.
Activists have appealed to the concerned human rights institutions and international bodies, among them UNRWA and the Palestine Embassy in Damascus, to work on disclosing his fate.
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).
