Published : 18-08-2018
21 human rights bodies in Syria called on the Syrian government to hand over the bodies of persons tortured to death in its dungeons to their families.
The human rights groups urged the international community and the United Nations to immediately step in and pressurize the Syrian government to disclose the fate of dead bodies and hand them over to their families so as to bury them at the soonest time possible.
The groups said withholding dead bodies is a sign of the government’s attempts to cover up its crimes and prevent families from carrying out autopsy to identify the causes of death.
In recent weeks, hundreds of families have suddenly learned that their missing relatives have been registered as dead by the government. Government officials have not commented publicly on the new information or the causes of death, claiming most of the casualties died of sudden heart attacks.
The Syrian government updated the families of 40 Palestinian refugees sheltered in AlAyedeen refugee camps in Hama and Hums, along with other camps in Damascus, on the death of their relatives under torture. The pieces of news were circulated via the General Commission for Palestine Arab Refugees.
21 human rights bodies in Syria called on the Syrian government to hand over the bodies of persons tortured to death in its dungeons to their families.
The human rights groups urged the international community and the United Nations to immediately step in and pressurize the Syrian government to disclose the fate of dead bodies and hand them over to their families so as to bury them at the soonest time possible.
The groups said withholding dead bodies is a sign of the government’s attempts to cover up its crimes and prevent families from carrying out autopsy to identify the causes of death.
In recent weeks, hundreds of families have suddenly learned that their missing relatives have been registered as dead by the government. Government officials have not commented publicly on the new information or the causes of death, claiming most of the casualties died of sudden heart attacks.
The Syrian government updated the families of 40 Palestinian refugees sheltered in AlAyedeen refugee camps in Hama and Hums, along with other camps in Damascus, on the death of their relatives under torture. The pieces of news were circulated via the General Commission for Palestine Arab Refugees.
