Published : 18-06-2018
In conjunction with a rumor indicating the issuance of a general amnesty by the Syrian regime, activists warned the families of the Palestinian and Syrian detainees in the Syrian regime’s prisons of being subjected to roguery and blackmailing, carried out by some intermediaries and lawyers who claim to know the location and fate of the detainee in the Syrian security branches, in return for money.
The activists added that the rumor of an amnesty is only a media bubble for Assad’s regime, to send a message to the inside and outside of Syria, and to manipulate the emotions of the families who lost their children, and to extort them financially, in order to reveal the fate of them missing persons or even to move their files to be covered by the amnesty.
One activist considered that the occurrence of such an amnesty, will only include drug dealers, criminals, thieves and owners of criminal charges of its followers and supporters, in addition to a number of youth who were arrested for failing to serve in the compulsory army service, where they would be placed on the front lines.
The activists confirmed that a number of those claim to know the fates of their children have social media accounts, and blackmail the families of the detained for money, without having information about them.
According to the activists: “The people are subjected to systematic extortion and exploitation of their feelings and their fear for their children who have been absent for years, asking for large sums of money to help identify their locations and releasing them later on. The sums demanded start at $2000 and reach $20000, depending on the charges directed to the detainee.”
Activists and former detainees demanded through the “Voice of the Detainees” website, the families of the detainees to take caution before writing any details regarding the detainee on social media networks, stressing that it is preferable to provide the name, date of birth and date of arrest only.
The Amnesty International accused in its report “Between Prison and the Cemetery,” the Syrian regime and its loyalists, of kidnapping and arresting tens of thousands of civilians and that the state if profiting from the spread of forced disappearance, as well as the emergence of a black market of deception and trickery who exploit the desire of the relatives of the victims to know the fate of their disappeared loved ones, for a bunch of money.
The Action Group documented the detention of 1679 Palestinian refugees in the Syrian regime prisons, whose fates remain unknown. 480 refugees have died due to torture.
In conjunction with a rumor indicating the issuance of a general amnesty by the Syrian regime, activists warned the families of the Palestinian and Syrian detainees in the Syrian regime’s prisons of being subjected to roguery and blackmailing, carried out by some intermediaries and lawyers who claim to know the location and fate of the detainee in the Syrian security branches, in return for money.
The activists added that the rumor of an amnesty is only a media bubble for Assad’s regime, to send a message to the inside and outside of Syria, and to manipulate the emotions of the families who lost their children, and to extort them financially, in order to reveal the fate of them missing persons or even to move their files to be covered by the amnesty.
One activist considered that the occurrence of such an amnesty, will only include drug dealers, criminals, thieves and owners of criminal charges of its followers and supporters, in addition to a number of youth who were arrested for failing to serve in the compulsory army service, where they would be placed on the front lines.
The activists confirmed that a number of those claim to know the fates of their children have social media accounts, and blackmail the families of the detained for money, without having information about them.
According to the activists: “The people are subjected to systematic extortion and exploitation of their feelings and their fear for their children who have been absent for years, asking for large sums of money to help identify their locations and releasing them later on. The sums demanded start at $2000 and reach $20000, depending on the charges directed to the detainee.”
Activists and former detainees demanded through the “Voice of the Detainees” website, the families of the detainees to take caution before writing any details regarding the detainee on social media networks, stressing that it is preferable to provide the name, date of birth and date of arrest only.
The Amnesty International accused in its report “Between Prison and the Cemetery,” the Syrian regime and its loyalists, of kidnapping and arresting tens of thousands of civilians and that the state if profiting from the spread of forced disappearance, as well as the emergence of a black market of deception and trickery who exploit the desire of the relatives of the victims to know the fate of their disappeared loved ones, for a bunch of money.
The Action Group documented the detention of 1679 Palestinian refugees in the Syrian regime prisons, whose fates remain unknown. 480 refugees have died due to torture.
