Aaed Hmeidi Hassoun al-Qadi, a 33-year-old man with special-needs from al-Shaheil city in the eastern suburbs of Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was arrested on January 6, 2023, by Syrian regime forces at a checkpoint in Deir Ez-Zour city. He was taken to an undisclosed location.
The arrest was carried out without presenting any court-issued legal warrant, while the detainee’s family were not informed of his detention, his phone was seized, and he has not been allowed to contact any family members or a lawyer.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights is concerned that Aaed may be subjected to torture in detention and may go on to become yet another case of enforced disappearance, with 85% of all those detained by the Syrian regime falling into this category.
We call for the provision of both material and moral reparations for the victims and their families, and call on all parties to put an end to all arbitrary detentions whose only purpose is to spread mass fear and extort people.
We also call for revealing the fate of the thousands of persons forcibly disappeared by Syrian regime forces, which is a subject of grave concern.
