Report: 460 Palestinians died of torture in Syria

Some 456 Palestinians have been killed by torture, a new report by the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) has revealed.

The London-based human rights watchdog, which monitors the situation of Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria, claims that the bodies of 456 Palestinians that were killed under torture in Syrian prisons have not been released by the regime. The group says this is another crime perpetrated by the regime forces.

Withholding the bodies of dead victims is prohibited under international law except in cases where pillage and mistreatment is feared to occur.

The report also alleged that Syrian government officers are involved in a network of organ harvesting and trafficking. It states that “cadavers are transferred from Lock-up 215 in Kafr Soussa to Al-Assad University Hospital , where organs are severed from the casualties’ bodies, before they are dissolved in a an acid-filled pool dug by the government forces in a subterranean vault at Military Hospital 601.”

It reported that the bodies of “77 victims were identified via photos leaked by a photographer code-named Caesar”.

Syrian regime forces have also been accused of blocking access to Sbiena camp for 1,137 consecutive days, stopping its residents from accessing their home.

Sbiena residents were forced out of their homes following deadly hostilities between the Syrian army and opposition forces. Regime troops have since taken over the entire camp.