Published : 31-08-2018
On the International Day of the Disappeared, marked on August 30, AGPS would like to draw the international community’s attention to the fact that as many as 1,700 have been enduring mysterious fates in Syrian government jails.
AGPS kept record of the incarceration of 1,693 Palestinian refugees in Syrian dungeons, where 556 others also died under torture.
AGPS believes the exact numbers to be far higher due to the gag orders slapped by the Syrian government on the fates and whereabouts of the detainees and the families’ reluctance to report cases of torture and enforced disappearance over retaliation concerns.
AGPS annual report documenting the situation of the Palestinians of Syria in 2017 documented the death of 205 Palestinians during 2017 due to war-related incidents, 12 among them were killed under torture in Syrian government dungeons, where 1,644 Palestinians have also been locked up. Since the outbreak of bloody hostilities, 475 Palestinians were pronounced dead as a result of torture in Syrian prisons.
The report documents the detention of 28 Palestinians in 2017 and the release of 25 others after they had been held captive for varying spans.
AGPS calls on the Syrian government to disclose the fate of Palestinian detainees held in its penitentiaries. AGPS believes that the harsh torture perpetrated in Syrian government lock-ups amounts to a war crime.
On the International Day of the Disappeared, marked on August 30, AGPS would like to draw the international community’s attention to the fact that as many as 1,700 have been enduring mysterious fates in Syrian government jails.
AGPS kept record of the incarceration of 1,693 Palestinian refugees in Syrian dungeons, where 556 others also died under torture.
AGPS believes the exact numbers to be far higher due to the gag orders slapped by the Syrian government on the fates and whereabouts of the detainees and the families’ reluctance to report cases of torture and enforced disappearance over retaliation concerns.
AGPS annual report documenting the situation of the Palestinians of Syria in 2017 documented the death of 205 Palestinians during 2017 due to war-related incidents, 12 among them were killed under torture in Syrian government dungeons, where 1,644 Palestinians have also been locked up. Since the outbreak of bloody hostilities, 475 Palestinians were pronounced dead as a result of torture in Syrian prisons.
The report documents the detention of 28 Palestinians in 2017 and the release of 25 others after they had been held captive for varying spans.
AGPS calls on the Syrian government to disclose the fate of Palestinian detainees held in its penitentiaries. AGPS believes that the harsh torture perpetrated in Syrian government lock-ups amounts to a war crime.
