Published : 27-02-2022
The family of Palestinian refugee Mohamed Lutfi Yakoob has appealed for information about the condition of Mohamed and his two sons Ahmad and Amjad, who have been forcibly disappeared by the Syrian regime for the seventh consecutive year.
In appeals emailed to AGPS, the family said Mohamed was arrested in AlZahira on June 16, 2015 while his son Ahmad was arrested on May 26, 2016 in Jaramana Camp. Amjad was detained at a checkpoint in AlKazaz area on September 08, 2015.
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 has also documented the death of over 600 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).
The family of Palestinian refugee Mohamed Lutfi Yakoob has appealed for information about the condition of Mohamed and his two sons Ahmad and Amjad, who have been forcibly disappeared by the Syrian regime for the seventh consecutive year.
In appeals emailed to AGPS, the family said Mohamed was arrested in AlZahira on June 16, 2015 while his son Ahmad was arrested on May 26, 2016 in Jaramana Camp. Amjad was detained at a checkpoint in AlKazaz area on September 08, 2015.
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 has also documented the death of over 600 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).
