On April 9, 2023, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by an international coalition helicopter, carried out a raid and arrest campaign in Abu al-Neitel village in the northern suburbs of Deir Ez-Zour governorate. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented the arrest of three civilians from the village. They were taken to an undisclosed location.
None of the arrested individuals’ family members were notified of their arrest, while their phones were seized and they were denied theany opportunity to contact their families. We are concerned that they may be subjected to torture and go on to become forcibly disappeared persons, with 85 percent of all detainees falling into this category.
We call for the provision of both material and moral reparations for the victims of such detentions and their families, and call on all parties to put an end to all arbitrary detentions whose only purpose is to spread mass fear among the public and extort people.
We also call for revealing the fate of the thousands of persons forcibly disappeared by the SDF.
