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Syria: Married Worker Disappeared Since Arrest by Military Intelligence in Damascus in 2012

SYR - News | 14 September 2015

On 9 September 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the disappearance of 48-year-old married worker, Mohammad Bashar Ali Deeb, following his arrest by the Military Intelligence in November 2012.

Syria: Construction Worker Disappeared Since Arrest at Idlib Checkpoint in April 2012

SYR - News | 11 September 2015

On 8 September 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of 31-year-old Syrian construction worker, Ali Mostoo, who disappeared following his arrest, in April 2012, by forces of the Military Security Branch in Idlib, an intelligence agency under the control of the Ministry of Defence.

Syria: Enforced Disappearance of Syrian Kurd Following Confessions Under Torture Broadcasted on National TV in March 2013

SYR - News | 09 September 2015

On 8 September 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the disappearance of Anas Al Husseini, a Syrian Kurd arrested by the security forces in December 2012, tortured and forced to confess on television, after which he was transferred to an unknown detention centre.

Syria: Two Syrians Disappeared Since Abduction by Government Forces in the Hama Governorate in 2012

SYR - News | 03 September 2015

On 1 September 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the cases of Abdul Rahman Al Jawalak and Ramez Al Deeb, who disappeared since their respective abductions from the Hama countryside by governmental forces between January and August 2012.

Syria: Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression's Director Mazen Darwish Released

SYR - News | 10 August 2015

On 10 August 2015, Mazen Darwish, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), was freed from State Security Branch No. 285, after three years spent behind bars, following numerous calls by various UN instances, Alkarama and numerous other organisations. He is joining his two colleagues Hussein Gharir and Hani Al Zitani, who were released in late July.

Syria - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 21.04.1969
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Overdue since 01.08.2009 (4th)
Last concluding observations: 09.08.2005

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 19.08.2004
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 14.05.2014 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 29.06.2012

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 10.2011 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2016 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No