Published : 08-06-2022
Palestinian refugee Thaer Abdul Razak Abdul Rahim has revealed shocking details about his secret detention in a Syrian regime prison.
Speaking with Zaman Al Wasl news site, Thaer said his tragedy started following the blockade imposed on Aleppo’s eastern corners and the deadly strikes targeting civilians and their property. Thaer fled the area with his family seeking a safe shelter before he was arrested by regime militias near AlNeirab Gate and transferred to a military branch over reconciliation claims.
“After being detained for one month and a half in a military branch in Aleppo I was transferred to Palestine Branch in Damascus”, said Thaer. “Because I was a Palestinian I’d been subjected to brutal torture. I wished every moment of torture would be the last in my life”.
Thaer said investigators had been motivated by “extremist sectarianism”. Over 125 prisoners would be crammed into a single cell most of them sustained war-borne intoxication. Scores of prisoners died under torture and of undernourishment and medical neglect. “Imagine that every three prisoners are provided with a small potato or an olive as their daily meal”.
“I saw with my own eyes how women would be raped”, he added.
Following brutal torture, Thaer was forced to put his fingerprint on unknown documents while he was blindfolded, before he was taken to Adra prison and then to Al Basa prison in Latakia. He had been denied the right to perform his prayers and to fast.
Thaer was released in 2021 and headed for northern Syria with his family. He is currently sheltered in AlBab city, where he has been struggling for survival.
Palestinian refugee Thaer Abdul Razak Abdul Rahim has revealed shocking details about his secret detention in a Syrian regime prison.
Speaking with Zaman Al Wasl news site, Thaer said his tragedy started following the blockade imposed on Aleppo’s eastern corners and the deadly strikes targeting civilians and their property. Thaer fled the area with his family seeking a safe shelter before he was arrested by regime militias near AlNeirab Gate and transferred to a military branch over reconciliation claims.
“After being detained for one month and a half in a military branch in Aleppo I was transferred to Palestine Branch in Damascus”, said Thaer. “Because I was a Palestinian I’d been subjected to brutal torture. I wished every moment of torture would be the last in my life”.
Thaer said investigators had been motivated by “extremist sectarianism”. Over 125 prisoners would be crammed into a single cell most of them sustained war-borne intoxication. Scores of prisoners died under torture and of undernourishment and medical neglect. “Imagine that every three prisoners are provided with a small potato or an olive as their daily meal”.
“I saw with my own eyes how women would be raped”, he added.
Following brutal torture, Thaer was forced to put his fingerprint on unknown documents while he was blindfolded, before he was taken to Adra prison and then to Al Basa prison in Latakia. He had been denied the right to perform his prayers and to fast.
Thaer was released in 2021 and headed for northern Syria with his family. He is currently sheltered in AlBab city, where he has been struggling for survival.
