Published : 13-08-2018
A petition was launched by Amnesty international, urging support for the families of the missing and disappeared persons who seek information about their relatives’ fate.
The petition urges Russia and the Unites States to push the Syrian government and armed groups to disclose the whereabouts and fate of victims of enforced disappearance.
Since the Syrian crisis begun in 2011, more than 75,000 people have vanished or have been forcibly disappeared by the Syrian government and armed forces, said Amnesty.
“While families search for loved ones, the Syrian government is subjecting tens of thousands of civilians, aid workers and peaceful activists to enforced disappearance or arbitrary detention - just to spread fear and collective punishment amongst the Syrian civilian population”, the organization stated.
“Many have been tortured or ill-treated in prisons, and more than 15,000 have died in custody as a result”, it added. “Armed opposition groups in Syria have also been responsible for the enforced disappearance of hundreds of inpiduals in the areas they control, subjecting them to torture and other forms of ill-treatment.”
“These practices are carried out as part of a widespread, systematic attack directed against the civilian population by the Syrian government and armed groups. They clearly violate international law, and in many cases, constitute war crimes. We will no longer stand by and let this happen”, Amnesty further stated.
According to AGPS figures, 1,688 Palestinian refugees have had their fates shrouded in mystery in Syrian government dungeons.
A petition was launched by Amnesty international, urging support for the families of the missing and disappeared persons who seek information about their relatives’ fate.
The petition urges Russia and the Unites States to push the Syrian government and armed groups to disclose the whereabouts and fate of victims of enforced disappearance.
Since the Syrian crisis begun in 2011, more than 75,000 people have vanished or have been forcibly disappeared by the Syrian government and armed forces, said Amnesty.
“While families search for loved ones, the Syrian government is subjecting tens of thousands of civilians, aid workers and peaceful activists to enforced disappearance or arbitrary detention - just to spread fear and collective punishment amongst the Syrian civilian population”, the organization stated.
“Many have been tortured or ill-treated in prisons, and more than 15,000 have died in custody as a result”, it added. “Armed opposition groups in Syria have also been responsible for the enforced disappearance of hundreds of inpiduals in the areas they control, subjecting them to torture and other forms of ill-treatment.”
“These practices are carried out as part of a widespread, systematic attack directed against the civilian population by the Syrian government and armed groups. They clearly violate international law, and in many cases, constitute war crimes. We will no longer stand by and let this happen”, Amnesty further stated.
According to AGPS figures, 1,688 Palestinian refugees have had their fates shrouded in mystery in Syrian government dungeons.
