A boy, identified as 12-year-old Ali Mohammad al-Khbeil from Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was arrested on April 18, 2024, by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) personnel who raided his family’s house in Khashman neighborhood in Hasaka city, where they live. He was then taken to an undisclosed location.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that Ali has not been allowed to contact his family. We are concerned that he may be subjected to torture in detention and may go on to become another enforced disappearance case, with 85% of all those detained in Syria falling into this category.
We call for the provision of both material and moral reparations for the victims of such detentions and for 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 on the SDF to reveal the fate of thousands of people forcibly disappeared at its hands.
