Published : 08-02-2017
AGPS is deeply concerned that dozens of Palestinians from Syria might be among 13,000 casualties executed in the government Sednaya penal complex.
The Syrian government executed up to 13,000 prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at the military jail of Sednaya near Damascus, human rights watchdog Amnesty International reported on Tuesday.
Amnesty said the executions took place between 2011 and 2015, but were probably still being carried out and amounted to war crimes.
According to the Amnesty report, an average of 20 to 50 persons were hanged each week at the Sednaya military prison north of Damascus.
Several cases referred to by Amnesty International match data released by AGPS as regards the psycho-physical ill-being of the detainees and the dire detention circumstances in Syrian government jails.
AGPS kept record of the incarceration of 1,154 Palestinian refugees in Syrian regime penitentiaries. Dozens are feared to be among the casualties of the Sednaya mass-execution.
Based on affidavits and interviews held with activists, ex-detainees, and families of missing Palestinians, AGPS found out that 458 Palestinians were tortured to death in Syrian regime jails, including in Sednaya lock-up.
Ex-detainees also provided evidence for the incarceration of several Palestinian refugees in Sednaya, among other government prisons.
The figures are expected to be much higher due to difficulties in the documentation process and the government reticence over the fate of Palestinian refugees held in Syrian penal complexes.
Difficulties in documentation also stem from the families’ reluctance to reveal the fate of their missing relatives for fear of retaliation and torture.
AGPS is deeply concerned that dozens of Palestinians from Syria might be among 13,000 casualties executed in the government Sednaya penal complex.
The Syrian government executed up to 13,000 prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at the military jail of Sednaya near Damascus, human rights watchdog Amnesty International reported on Tuesday.
Amnesty said the executions took place between 2011 and 2015, but were probably still being carried out and amounted to war crimes.
According to the Amnesty report, an average of 20 to 50 persons were hanged each week at the Sednaya military prison north of Damascus.
Several cases referred to by Amnesty International match data released by AGPS as regards the psycho-physical ill-being of the detainees and the dire detention circumstances in Syrian government jails.
AGPS kept record of the incarceration of 1,154 Palestinian refugees in Syrian regime penitentiaries. Dozens are feared to be among the casualties of the Sednaya mass-execution.
Based on affidavits and interviews held with activists, ex-detainees, and families of missing Palestinians, AGPS found out that 458 Palestinians were tortured to death in Syrian regime jails, including in Sednaya lock-up.
Ex-detainees also provided evidence for the incarceration of several Palestinian refugees in Sednaya, among other government prisons.
The figures are expected to be much higher due to difficulties in the documentation process and the government reticence over the fate of Palestinian refugees held in Syrian penal complexes.
Difficulties in documentation also stem from the families’ reluctance to reveal the fate of their missing relatives for fear of retaliation and torture.
