Syrian Democratic Forces carried out raids on their checkpoint in Manbej city and Osajli village in the eastern suburbs of Aleppo governorate on March 7, 2021. SNHR has documented that four teachers were arrested and taken to an undisclosed location.
SNHR notes that none of the detained teachers’ family members were informed of their arrests, with their phones being confiscated, preventing them from contacting their families. SNHR fears that they will be subjected to torture and ultimately classified as forcibly ‘disappeared’ like approximately 85 percent of the individuals detained in Syria.
SNHR notes that about 3,784 Syrian citizens are still detained or forcibly disappeared in the SDF’s detention centers, constituting a grave threat to their wellbeing given the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
