Published : 30-01-2017
Affidavits released by ex-detainees provided evidence on the incarceration of Palestinian refugees in the Sednaya military prison, to the north of Damascus province.
According to testimonies by newly-released Palestinians, refugee Mahmoud Kneiri, a resident of Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus, was last seen in Sednaya lock-up on December 25, 2015. Palestinian refugee Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Moussa, sheltered in Al-Sbeina Camp in Rural Damascus, was also detected in the same lock-up.
At the same time, hundreds of Palestinian refugees have had mysterious fates in the Syrian government penitentiaries.
The access of national and international human rights institutions and NGOs into the Sednaya penal complex, one of Syria’s largest and most notorious prisons, is deemed outlawed by the regime authorities. The prison can accommodate up to 15,000 inmates.
Affidavits released by ex-detainees provided evidence on the incarceration of Palestinian refugees in the Sednaya military prison, to the north of Damascus province.
According to testimonies by newly-released Palestinians, refugee Mahmoud Kneiri, a resident of Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus, was last seen in Sednaya lock-up on December 25, 2015. Palestinian refugee Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Moussa, sheltered in Al-Sbeina Camp in Rural Damascus, was also detected in the same lock-up.
At the same time, hundreds of Palestinian refugees have had mysterious fates in the Syrian government penitentiaries.
The access of national and international human rights institutions and NGOs into the Sednaya penal complex, one of Syria’s largest and most notorious prisons, is deemed outlawed by the regime authorities. The prison can accommodate up to 15,000 inmates.
