Report: 687 Syrians arbitrarily detained in September

An interior view of a prison, which was used by PYD/PKK terrorist organization to withhold opponents, is seen after it was captured by FSA following the liberation of Afrin by Turkish Armed Forces and FSA within the “Operation Olive Branch” launched in Syria’s Afrin on 24 March, 2018 [Hişam El Homsi/Anadolu Agency]

Almost 687 civilians were “arbitrary detained” in Syria during September, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed yesterday.

Syrian forces, loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, arbitrarily arrested 402 people, including 22 children and 34 women last month, according to the SNHR official report.

Some 190 Syrians, SNHR pointed out, were arrested “without accountability”, including four children and six women in the Kurdish-held areas.

“Daesh detained 22 people in September, including two children, under the pretext of not following the group’s instructions or having ties with the Syrian opposition,” SNHR added.

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The rights organisation noted that during the same month the military opposition arrested 38 people, including two women and a child, in addition, the group added, the biggest armed group Tahrir Al-Sham detained 35 civilians.

Throughout the first nine months of 2018, a total of 6,900 were arbitrary arrested, according to the SNHR report.

According to official sources at the Syrian opposition, there are around 500,000 civilians detained in Syrian regime jails.

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