Damascus – Action Group
A former Palestinian detainee has issued a humanitarian appeal to uncover the fate of several members of her family who disappeared under mysterious circumstances during the Syrian revolution between 2013 and 2014, amid a continued lack of any official information regarding their whereabouts or fate.
The woman, who preferred to remain anonymous, stated in a post on a human rights platform that she has been released from detention but still does not know the fate of her sister and her children. She added that she and her family live in hope of obtaining any information, however limited, that might help reveal their fate.
According to the appeal, the missing persons are:
Samira Ahmed Al-Sahli, arrested in 2014 on Nasreen Street in Damascus, with no information available about the arresting authority;
Rasha and Layali Ahmed Al-Sahli, Samira’s daughters, arrested in 2013, with no subsequent information about their fate;
and Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Sahli, arrested in 2014 inside the Immigration and Passports branch.
Ayham Yahya Hammoud was arrested in the Qudsaya suburb of rural Damascus in 2014. His family appealed to anyone with information about him, whether survivors of detention centers or those familiar with detainees’ files, to come forward with any information that might help determine his fate.
0 This case is one of thousands of enforced disappearances documented by local and international human rights organizations during the years of the revolution, as many families continue to demand information about their loved ones’ fate and their right to know and be held accountable.