Published : 01-03-2022
The family of Palestinian refugee Mohamed Mazen Anbatawi continues to appeal for information about the condition and whereabouts of their relative, who has been secretly held in Syrian regime prisons for seven years running.
Mohamed, born in 1983 and raised in Yarmouk Camp, was a 2nd year university student. He had not been involved in any political or military activity. He was arrested at Ali AlWahsh checkpoint, south of Damascus, in December following a massacre perpetrated by pro-regime militias in the area.
AGPS has documented the secret detention of over 1,800 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 Mazen Anbatawi continues to appeal for information about the condition and whereabouts of their relative, who has been secretly held in Syrian regime prisons for seven years running.
Mohamed, born in 1983 and raised in Yarmouk Camp, was a 2nd year university student. He had not been involved in any political or military activity. He was arrested at Ali AlWahsh checkpoint, south of Damascus, in December following a massacre perpetrated by pro-regime militias in the area.
AGPS has documented the secret detention of over 1,800 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).
