Published : 24-05-2022
Scores of Palestinian refugees sheltered in war-torn Syria have sounded distress signals over the arbitrary manhunts and security sweeps launched by the Syrian regime which they said are a prelude for forced military conscription.
The refugees said they have been subjected to intensive questioning and searches at military checkpoints in and around Damascus.
Security patrols also broke into houses and arrested a number of young men in Qudsaya, Duma, and Rif Dimashq.
Eleven years into the Syrian conflict, thousands of Palestinian refugees continue to suffer protracted displacement. The Syrian regime has forcibly displaced thousands of Palestinians and Syrians.
Today, those who wish to return to the vastly devastated refugee camps in Syria fear they would be arrested or forced into military conscription.
Those who were involved in anti-government protests and deserted from military service say they cannot go back to the country for fear of being killed or persecuted.
Human rights groups have documented several cases where Syrian intelligence branches have arbitrarily detained, disappeared, and/or harassed people in areas retaken from opposition groups. The abuse is taking place even when the government has entered into reconciliation agreements with the people involved.
Upon more than once occasion, AGPS has called on the Syrian government to disclose the fate of hundreds of Palestinians forcibly disappeared in state-run prisons.
Scores of Palestinian refugees sheltered in war-torn Syria have sounded distress signals over the arbitrary manhunts and security sweeps launched by the Syrian regime which they said are a prelude for forced military conscription.
The refugees said they have been subjected to intensive questioning and searches at military checkpoints in and around Damascus.
Security patrols also broke into houses and arrested a number of young men in Qudsaya, Duma, and Rif Dimashq.
Eleven years into the Syrian conflict, thousands of Palestinian refugees continue to suffer protracted displacement. The Syrian regime has forcibly displaced thousands of Palestinians and Syrians.
Today, those who wish to return to the vastly devastated refugee camps in Syria fear they would be arrested or forced into military conscription.
Those who were involved in anti-government protests and deserted from military service say they cannot go back to the country for fear of being killed or persecuted.
Human rights groups have documented several cases where Syrian intelligence branches have arbitrarily detained, disappeared, and/or harassed people in areas retaken from opposition groups. The abuse is taking place even when the government has entered into reconciliation agreements with the people involved.
Upon more than once occasion, AGPS has called on the Syrian government to disclose the fate of hundreds of Palestinians forcibly disappeared in state-run prisons.
