The full variety of Palestinian refugees tortured to loss of life by the regime of Bashar al-Assad for the reason that starting of the Syrian revolution has risen to 653, a rights group has reported.
In accordance with statistics launched by the Motion Group for Palestinians in Syria (AGPS), 4 Palestinian refugees died underneath torture within the Syrian regime’s huge jail community final 12 months, bringing the entire quantity to 653 all through the course of the continued decade-long battle.
The names of the refugees just lately tortured to loss of life are Majed Al-Madani, Mahmoud Kadoura, and Mohamed Ibrahim Kamal, with the fourth Palestinian’s identify being saved confidential reportedly because of safety considerations.
The AGPS additionally reported that over 1,790 stay in secret detention by the Syrian regime.
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The true variety of killings, deaths underneath torture and disappearances of Palestinians and others are estimated to be a lot increased than the recorded statistics present. Many deaths aren’t reported by Syrian authorities and the households of many detainees stay silent for worry of reprisals.
In accordance with statistics from two years in the past, at the least 34 of the Palestinians tortured to loss of life had been ladies and at the least 110 had been detained.
The AGPS said that it “continues to induce the Syrian authorities to reveal the destiny of scores of Palestinians held in its lock-ups, launch the our bodies of these tortured to loss of life, to noticeably work on halting harsh torture ways, launch fact-finding probes into crimes of torture, and to deliver these concerned in such crimes earlier than courts.”
Many see the Assad regime’s observe of torturing to loss of life Palestinian refugees – together with over 14,000 others – over a decade of the battle contradicts the declare by supporters of the regime that Assad and his allies defend Palestinians and combat for the Palestinian trigger.
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