A man, identified as Emad al-Dalati from al-Zabadani tiwn in northwestern Rural Damascus governorate, was arrested on June 24, 2024, by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) personnel who raided his place of residence in Ma’aret Misreen town in northern rural Idlib governorate. Emad was arrested over his participation in anti-HTS protests in Idlib governorate. He was then taken to an undisclosed location.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that Emad 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 cases, 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 HTS to reveal the fate of thousands of people forcibly disappeared at its hands.
