The whole variety of Palestinian refugees tortured to loss of life by the regime of Bashar al-Assad because the starting of the Syrian revolution has risen to 653, a rights group has reported.
In response to statistics launched by the Motion Group for Palestinians in Syria (AGPS), 4 Palestinian refugees died beneath torture within the Syrian regime’s huge jail community final yr, bringing the full quantity to 653 all through the course of the continuing decade-long battle.
The names of the refugees not too long ago 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 resulting from safety issues.
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 beneath torture and disappearances of Palestinians and others are estimated to be a lot greater than the recorded statistics present. Many deaths should not reported by Syrian authorities and the households of many detainees stay silent for concern of reprisals.
In response to statistics from two years in the past, no less than 34 of the Palestinians tortured to loss of life had been ladies and no less than 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 significantly work on halting harsh torture techniques, 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 struggle for the Palestinian trigger.
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