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Syria: appeal case: deported to where?! Incommunicado detention and torture of forcibly returned Syrians

This appeal case raises Amnesty International’s continuing concerns about a number of Syrian nationals being detained without charge or trial after being deported to Syria. Of the five men described here, detained for between four and 22 months, three have been denied access to visits from their families or a lawyer, and at least three … Continue reading Syria: appeal case: deported to where?! Incommunicado detention and torture of forcibly returned Syrians

Syria: smothering freedom of expression: the detention of peaceful critics

This report raises the cases of 12 prisoners of conscience who are currently held in Syrian prisons. These include one man forcibly returned to Syria from Germany, following the rejection of his asylum application.