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17 October 2011

Syria: 40 minors from Daraya tortured or detained at high risk of torture

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Alkarama is deeply concerned about the alleged violations of human rights in Syria. At present, we were informed of the cases of 40 Syrian minors who are being or were detained incommunicado by the Air Force Intelligence. They are suffering, or have suffered, torture despite being minors under international law as all were 17 or under at the time of their arrest. All of them were arrested or abducted by agents from the Air Force Intelligence from the streets of Daraya, Rif Damascus Governorate, and have been subjected to the same ill-treatment and torture to which adults are being exposed to in Syria.

Among the minors still at risk of torture are:

	Name	Age	Date of arrest
	Anas Bin Sayed Sharara	17	15.07.2011
2.	Rachid Bin Ahmed Yahya	17	09.09.2011
3.	Mohamed Bin Mawafak El Abar	17	16.09.2011
4.	Maan Bin Fawaz Zardah	17	19.09.2011
5.	Selim Abo Rachid	17	21.09.2011
6.	Mohanad Dahlah	17	26.09.2011

Arrested without confirmed release and therefore still at likely risk of torture are:

	Name	Age	Date of arrest
7.	Ward Eissa Balabisho	15	20.05.2011
8.	Wael Zaeetar	16	25.06.2011
9.	Mohamed Raslan Shama	17	Unknown
10.	Imad Moadamani	17	26.06. 2011
11.	Nidal Muslaim Alawee	15	10.07.2011
12.	Bassem Sulaiman Nakash	15	25.07.2011
13.	Ali Shehab	14	14.08.2011
14.	Mohamed Bin Omar Hadlah	16	14.08.2011
15.	Diaa Bin Mohamed Mourad	16	14.08.2011
16.	Anas Bin Zoher El Bayad	17	15.08.2011
17.	Mohamed Baroudy	13	17.08.2011
18.	Helal Wahbah	17	28.08.2011
19.	Mohanad Hadlah	16	Unknown

Many others have been released and give horrifying testimonies about the treatments they had been subjected to. Among the various methods used on them were being hung from sensitive parts of their bodies, having slabs of damp (to create additional weight) concrete broken on the top of their heads or being severely beaten. They were usually placed in overcrowded cells (containing 35 individuals in a 20m²cell) with limited access to sanitary facilities. They had to share the cell with other adult detainees.

In light of the above information, Alkarama asked the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to take urgent action with the Syrian authorities to put an end to the torture and ill treatment of the above-named, and release them immediately.

More in this category: « Syria: Enforced disappearance and risk of torture of eight Syrian nationals Syria: Disappearance of Abdulrahman Al Hamada, abducted on 30 April 2011 »

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Convention against Torture (CAT)

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