Political activist Jakarkhon Sheikho ‘Ali, a member of Syria’s Kurdish minority, is being held incommunicado at the Military Security Branch in the city of Aleppo ...
Maryam Kallis and Yasser Zahur Ahmed were released on 7 June 2009 and returned home to their families in the UK. They had been held without charge for almost three ...
Prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Nizar Ristnawi may have been subjected to enforced disappearance. He completed a four-year prison sentence at Sednaya ...
Another UK national is now known to have been arrested shortly after Maryam Kallis. Like her, Yasser Zahur Ahmed is being held without access to a lawyer or to ...
Maryam Kallis received a second visit from two members of staff of the British Consulate in Damascus on 23 April 2009. The meeting took place in the presence of ...
Maryam Kallis was visited by the British Consul in Damascus on 8 April 2009, in the presence of the Syrian authorities. Although she has been held since 15 March ...
UK national Maryam Kallis has been detained incommunicado in an unknown location since 15 March 2009. She is in danger of torture and other ill-treatment. She has ...