A man from al Ezba village in the northern suburbs of Deir Ez-Zour suburbs, named as Rami al Ma’youf, was arrested by Syrian Democratic Forces during a raid in his home in the village on April 14, 2021, over an accusation of belonging to ISIS, and taken to an undisclosed location.
SNHR notes that no member of Rami’s family was informed of his arrest or whereabouts, with his phone being confiscated, 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 all detained persons in Syria.
We can confirm that at least 3,784 Syrian citizens are still detained or forcibly disappeared in the SDF’s detention centers, constituting a grave threat to the detainees’ wellbeing, given the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
