Published : 07-05-2021
Ten years into the Syrian conflict, thousands of Palestinian refugees continue to suffer protracted displacement after they fled the war-torn country to other destinations. The Syrian regime has forcibly displaced thousands of Palestinians and Syrians.
Today, those who wish to return to the vastly devastated refugee camps in Syria fear they would be arrested or forced into military conscription.
Those who were involved in anti-government protests and deserted from military service say they cannot go back to the country for fear of being jailed or persecuted.
A poll conducted by Palestinian activists from Syria in Lebanon found out that 548 interviewed families said they cannot return to Syria due to security threats. 450 families said one of their relatives are held in Syrian prisons. 188 families fear they would be tossed into compulsory military service.
Human rights groups have documented several cases where Syrian intelligence branches have arbitrarily detained, disappeared, and/or harassed people in areas retaken from opposition groups. The abuse is taking place even when the government has entered into reconciliation agreements with the people involved.
Upon more than once occasion, AGPS has called on the Syrian government to disclose the fate of hundreds of Palestinians forcibly disappeared in state-run dungeons.
AGPS believes that the arbitrary internment of Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria amounts to a war crime.
According to AGPS statistics, over 550 Palestinian refugees, including scores of women and dozens of minors, died under torture in Syrian government lock-ups. Several causalities were identified through live snapshots leaked from Syrian penal complexes, where over 1,790 Palestinian refugees continue to be secretly jailed.
Recently, Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree granting amnesty and reducing sentences for several categories of crime committed before May 2, state news agency SANA said.
The Amnesty did not include thousands of Palestinian and Syrian prisoners held on security/political grounds and in such notorious lock-ups as Sednaya.
Since Syria’s conflict began in 2011, Assad has issued similar amnesties, the latest of which came in September 2019. The conflict has killed half a million people and displaced half the country’s prewar population including more than 5 millions who are refugees abroad.
Ten years into the Syrian conflict, thousands of Palestinian refugees continue to suffer protracted displacement after they fled the war-torn country to other destinations. The Syrian regime has forcibly displaced thousands of Palestinians and Syrians.
Today, those who wish to return to the vastly devastated refugee camps in Syria fear they would be arrested or forced into military conscription.
Those who were involved in anti-government protests and deserted from military service say they cannot go back to the country for fear of being jailed or persecuted.
A poll conducted by Palestinian activists from Syria in Lebanon found out that 548 interviewed families said they cannot return to Syria due to security threats. 450 families said one of their relatives are held in Syrian prisons. 188 families fear they would be tossed into compulsory military service.
Human rights groups have documented several cases where Syrian intelligence branches have arbitrarily detained, disappeared, and/or harassed people in areas retaken from opposition groups. The abuse is taking place even when the government has entered into reconciliation agreements with the people involved.
Upon more than once occasion, AGPS has called on the Syrian government to disclose the fate of hundreds of Palestinians forcibly disappeared in state-run dungeons.
AGPS believes that the arbitrary internment of Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria amounts to a war crime.
According to AGPS statistics, over 550 Palestinian refugees, including scores of women and dozens of minors, died under torture in Syrian government lock-ups. Several causalities were identified through live snapshots leaked from Syrian penal complexes, where over 1,790 Palestinian refugees continue to be secretly jailed.
Recently, Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree granting amnesty and reducing sentences for several categories of crime committed before May 2, state news agency SANA said.
The Amnesty did not include thousands of Palestinian and Syrian prisoners held on security/political grounds and in such notorious lock-ups as Sednaya.
Since Syria’s conflict began in 2011, Assad has issued similar amnesties, the latest of which came in September 2019. The conflict has killed half a million people and displaced half the country’s prewar population including more than 5 millions who are refugees abroad.
