The Syrian Network for Human Rights confirmed that the Assad regime arrested 71 civilians, including 4 children and a woman, last March.
The network explained that most arrests in Syria take place without judicial authorization while the victim is passing a checkpoint or during raids, and security forces from the four main intelligence agencies are usually responsible for detentions without judicial authority.
The detainee is subjected to torture from the first moment he is caught, and he is prevented from meeting with his family and lawyer. Authorities also deny making arbitrary arrests, and most detainees are forcibly disappeared.
The report shows that all amnesty orders issued by Bashar Assad released 7,351 arbitrary detainees, and the Syrian regime still has around 135,253 detainees/forcibly disappeared.
The network stressed that amnesty decrees released a very limited number of detainees, that arbitrary detentions were a common approach, and that the Syrian regime continued to carry out arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances regardless of the amnesty decisions it issued.
According to the report, the detainees were arrested against the background of participating in the popular movement for democracy in Syria and engaging in any kind of political, human rights, media, aid and similar activities for them. It is transferred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and then the majority is referred to the Terror Court or the Military Field Court.
According to the network, these courts do not meet the minimum requirements for fair courts and are closer to the military and security branch.
In the report, it is evaluated that the issue of detainees and enforced disappearances is one of the most important human rights issues and although Mr. Kofi is included in many UN Security Council and UN General Assembly resolutions, no significant progress has been made. Annan’s plan is in the February 2016 statement on the cessation of hostilities and in Security Council Resolution 2254 of December 2015.
