Published : 31-03-2022
The Association of Sednaya Prisoners and Missing Persons has denied claims that a number of prisoners will be transferred from Sednaya prison to Adra prison pending their release.
The Association said lists being currently circulated are counterfeit.
AGPS has documented the death of 636 Palestinian refugees in Syria’s state-run penal complexes since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011.
AGPS estimates the real number to be far higher due to the gag orders slapped by the Syrian government on the detainees’ names and fates, along with the families’ reluctance to report such cases over retaliation concerns.
Affidavits by ex-detainees have 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 prisoners, 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 Association of Sednaya Prisoners and Missing Persons has denied claims that a number of prisoners will be transferred from Sednaya prison to Adra prison pending their release.
The Association said lists being currently circulated are counterfeit.
AGPS has documented the death of 636 Palestinian refugees in Syria’s state-run penal complexes since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011.
AGPS estimates the real number to be far higher due to the gag orders slapped by the Syrian government on the detainees’ names and fates, along with the families’ reluctance to report such cases over retaliation concerns.
Affidavits by ex-detainees have 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 prisoners, 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).
