Published : 15-03-2020
Activists said the Adra prison administration halted visits to the detainees, as a preventive measure to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus.
The activists said the prisoners are at real risk as no special health measures have been taken by authorities in the overcrowded prison.
Dozens of Palestinian refugees are detained in Adra Prison, a prison on the north-east outskirts of Damascus. Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers. In 2014, the prison held more than 7,000 inmates, a dozen of them women, in space designed for 2,500. The Washington Post referred to the prison as "infamous".
AGPS has recorded the secret detention of 1,788 Palestinian refugees in Syrian government prisons, where conditions of captivity have been characterized as extremely horrendous.
Activists said the Adra prison administration halted visits to the detainees, as a preventive measure to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus.
The activists said the prisoners are at real risk as no special health measures have been taken by authorities in the overcrowded prison.
Dozens of Palestinian refugees are detained in Adra Prison, a prison on the north-east outskirts of Damascus. Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers. In 2014, the prison held more than 7,000 inmates, a dozen of them women, in space designed for 2,500. The Washington Post referred to the prison as "infamous".
AGPS has recorded the secret detention of 1,788 Palestinian refugees in Syrian government prisons, where conditions of captivity have been characterized as extremely horrendous.
