Syria: Fear of torture/incommunicado detention/prisoners of conscience

Syria: Fear of torture/incommunicado detention/prisoners of conscience

Index Number: MDE 24/039/2006
Date Published: 18 May 2006
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Middle East And North Africa, Syria

10 Syrian civil society activists (Anwar al-Bunni, Nidal Darwish, Michel Kilo, Khalil Hussein, Mahmoud Mer'i, Dr Safwan Tayfour, Mahmoud 'Issa, Ghaleb 'Amer, Suleyman Shummar and Muhammad Mahfouz) were arrested between 14 and 18 May by officers of the State Security service. They are held incommunicado, which puts them at risk of torture. At least two of them, Anwar al-Bunni and Nidal Darwish, have been beaten during interrogation.