Published : 27-12-2022
Palestinian refugee Fadi Omar Azizi has died under torture in a Syrian regime prison.
An ex-prisoner who was released in May 2022, said Fadi, a resident of Jdeidat Artouz, in Rif Dimashq, was reported dead in Sednaya military prison.
AGPS has documented the death of over 640 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).
Palestinian refugee Fadi Omar Azizi has died under torture in a Syrian regime prison.
An ex-prisoner who was released in May 2022, said Fadi, a resident of Jdeidat Artouz, in Rif Dimashq, was reported dead in Sednaya military prison.
AGPS has documented the death of over 640 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).
