Published : 03-10-2019
AGPS documented the death of hundreds of Palestinian refugees under torture in Syrian government prisons since the outburst of the bloody warfare, 82 among whom were pronounced dead in 2018 alone.
Updated statistics by AGPS indicate that from March 2011 until December 2018, 565 Palestinian refugees died under torture behind Syria’s prison bars
According to data by AGPS, 1,759 Palestinian refugees, among them children, women and elderly refugees, have been enduring unknown fates in Syrian government lock-ups.
Field reporters believe the real numbers to be far higher due to the government’s reticence to reveal the names and fates of Palestinian detainees’ and the families’ fears to disclose their relatives’ names over retaliation concerns.
The list of victims includes activists, volunteers, medics, engineers, academics, journalists, university students, and artists.
According to affidavits by ex-detainees, Palestinian refugees have been subjected to harsh psycho-physical torture tactics in Syrian penitentiaries, including electric shocks, heavy beating using iron sticks, and sexual abuse.
AGPS continues to urge the Syrian authorities to disclose the condition and whereabouts of Palestinian refugees held in its penitentiaries.
AGPS believes that such practices represent flagrant violations of international law which criminalizes all forms of torture and mistreatment against civilians.
AGPS documented the death of hundreds of Palestinian refugees under torture in Syrian government prisons since the outburst of the bloody warfare, 82 among whom were pronounced dead in 2018 alone.
Updated statistics by AGPS indicate that from March 2011 until December 2018, 565 Palestinian refugees died under torture behind Syria’s prison bars
According to data by AGPS, 1,759 Palestinian refugees, among them children, women and elderly refugees, have been enduring unknown fates in Syrian government lock-ups.
Field reporters believe the real numbers to be far higher due to the government’s reticence to reveal the names and fates of Palestinian detainees’ and the families’ fears to disclose their relatives’ names over retaliation concerns.
The list of victims includes activists, volunteers, medics, engineers, academics, journalists, university students, and artists.
According to affidavits by ex-detainees, Palestinian refugees have been subjected to harsh psycho-physical torture tactics in Syrian penitentiaries, including electric shocks, heavy beating using iron sticks, and sexual abuse.
AGPS continues to urge the Syrian authorities to disclose the condition and whereabouts of Palestinian refugees held in its penitentiaries.
AGPS believes that such practices represent flagrant violations of international law which criminalizes all forms of torture and mistreatment against civilians.
