A man from Raqqa city, named as Omar Asaad al Kassoum, was arrested by Syrian Democratic Forces on August 3, 2020, during a raid on his home in the vicinity of Faculty of Art in north Raqqa city and taken to an undisclosed location.
SNHR notes that no member of Omar’s family was informed of his arrest, and his phone was taken from him, preventing him from contacting his family. SNHR fears that he will be subjected to torture and ultimately classified as forcibly ‘disappeared’ like approximately 85 percent of the detained people.
SNHR notes that approximately 3,337 Syrian citizens are still detained or forcibly disappeared in the SDF’s detention centers, constituting a grave threat to their wellbeing.
