Published : 06-05-2022
The family of Palestinian refugee Amer Lutfi AlQudsiya continues to appeal for information about the condition and whereabouts of their forcibly-disappeared relative.
Amer has been secretly held in Syria’s state-run prisons since 2012.
The Association of Palestinians of Iraq said Amer, an Iraqi-Palestinian, was a resident of Loubiya Street, in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus. He was arrested by the end of 2012 on his way out of Yarmouk along with scores of other residents who attempted to leave the besieged camp for fear of dying from starvation.
On Saturday, Assad issued a decree giving a general amnesty to people convicted on terrorism charges before 30 April 2022. The amnesty excludes acts that have led to killings or kidnappings, and those against whom there are civil personal claims.
Thousands of Palestinians and Syrians have been jailed on terror charges for peaceful opposition to Assad’s government since the 2011 Arab Spring protests and subsequent war.
The Prisoners’ Council said the regime claimed 2,500 people would be included in the amnesty. However, no more than a few hundreds have been released so far.
The family of Palestinian refugee Amer Lutfi AlQudsiya continues to appeal for information about the condition and whereabouts of their forcibly-disappeared relative.
Amer has been secretly held in Syria’s state-run prisons since 2012.
The Association of Palestinians of Iraq said Amer, an Iraqi-Palestinian, was a resident of Loubiya Street, in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus. He was arrested by the end of 2012 on his way out of Yarmouk along with scores of other residents who attempted to leave the besieged camp for fear of dying from starvation.
On Saturday, Assad issued a decree giving a general amnesty to people convicted on terrorism charges before 30 April 2022. The amnesty excludes acts that have led to killings or kidnappings, and those against whom there are civil personal claims.
Thousands of Palestinians and Syrians have been jailed on terror charges for peaceful opposition to Assad’s government since the 2011 Arab Spring protests and subsequent war.
The Prisoners’ Council said the regime claimed 2,500 people would be included in the amnesty. However, no more than a few hundreds have been released so far.
