Aged 23 and 24 at the time of their abduction, Bakour (right) and Ammouna (left) had gone to buy supplies for their families in the neighboring village of Almland in the Jesr Al Shogor district located just 4km from their village. Although they passed through the Syrian army checkpoint located at the eastern entrance of the village, upon their return they were both abducted at the checkpoint.

In the light of this information, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians have just sent a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary or Involuntary Disappearance (WGEID) soliciting its intervention with the Syrian authorities to ensure that Bakour and Ammouna be immediately released or, at the very least, placed under the protection of the law, and their families informed on their fate and whereabouts as soon as possible.

Alkarama also counts on the WGEID to ensure Syrian authorities take all appropriate measures to abolish this systematic practice of enforced disappearance.