Amnesty International has learned that ‘Abd el-Razaq Shoullar, also known as ‘Abu Shaker’ Shoullar, who is 81 years old and suffers from senile dementia, has held been in incommunicado detention in Syria for over five weeks. He is at serious risk of being tortured or ill-treated. It is believed that he is held solely in connection with the political activities of his family.
