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\nURGENT ACTION\n<\/p>\n
\nBrother of rights activist held incommunicado<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \nYassin Ziadeh, brother of exiled Syrian human rights \nYassin Ziadeh, a 37-year-old businessman, was seen being \nAccording to his family, Yassin Ziadeh has taken no part in \nThere is grave concern for Yassin Ziadeh’s safety, as a \nPlease write immediately in English, Arabic or French, or \n <\/span>Expressing \n <\/span>Expressing \n \n<\/p>\n \nPLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 14 OCTOBER 2011 TO:\n<\/p>\n \n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nPresident\n<\/p>\n \nBashar al-Assad <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nPresidential Palace\n<\/p>\n \nal-Rashid Street <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nDamascus, Syrian Arab Republic <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nFax: +963 11 332 3410\n<\/p>\n \nSalutation: Your Excellency\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nMinister of Foreign Affairs\n<\/p>\n \nWalid al-Mu’allim <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nMinistry of Foreign Affairs\n<\/p>\n \nal-Rashid Street\n<\/p>\n \nDamascus, Syrian Arab Republic <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nFax: +963 11 214 6251\/2\/3\n<\/p>\n \nSalutation: Your Excellency\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nMinister of Defence\n<\/p>\n \nHis Excellency General Dawood Rajiha\n<\/p>\n \nMinistry of Defence\n<\/p>\n \nOmayyad Square\n<\/p>\n \nDamascus, <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \nSyrian Arab Republic\n<\/p>\n \nFax: +963 113110554\n<\/p>\n \nSalutation: Your Excellency\n<\/p>\n \nAlso send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to \nName Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Fax Fax number Email \n \n<\/p>\n \nPlease check with your section office if sending appeals \n \n<\/p>\n \nURGENT ACTION\n<\/p>\n \nbrother of rights activist held incommunicado\n<\/p>\n \nADditional Information\n<\/p>\n \nSyrian security forces have been carrying out widespread \nTorture and other ill-treatment is very widely reported in \n \n<\/p>\n \nName: Yassin Ziadeh\n<\/p>\n \nGender m\/f: m\n<\/p>\n \nUA: 267\/11 Index: MDE 24\/048\/2011 Issue Date: 2 September \n \n<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nURGENT ACTION<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \nYassin Ziadeh, brother of exiled Syrian human rights
\nactivist Radwan Ziadeh, has been held in incommunicado detention since his
\narrest on 30 August in Daraya, near the capital Damascus. He is at risk of
\ntorture and other ill-treatment and is likely to be a prisoner of conscience.\n<\/p>\n
\narrested by three men in plain clothes believed to be agents of Air Force
\nIntelligence (AFI) on 30 August, near the al-Mustafa mosque in Daraya, in the
\ngovernorate of Rif Damashq which surrounds Damascus. AFI is reported to be the
\nmain security agency operating in Daraya, where it has a large interrogation
\nand detention centre. A released detainee told relatives of Yassin Ziadeh that
\nhe had seen him in the centre and an official of the ruling Ba’th Party spoke
\nwith the family and confirmed his detention. It is not thought that he has been
\ncharged with any offence.\n<\/p>\n
\nthe ongoing pro-reform protests and his detention is believed to be motivated
\nby the peaceful human rights work of his brother, Radwan Ziadeh, who is
\nPresident of the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies. Radwan Ziadeh is in
\nexile in the USA, having left Syria in October 2007 and his family have been
\nprevented from travelling outside Syria since February 2008, apparently on
\naccount of his human rights activities. Several other individuals in Syria have
\nbeen detained in recent months on apparent account of the pro-reform activities
\nof their relatives, either as a way of punishing the family or as a “bargaining
\nchip” to obtain the arrest of the wanted activist.\n<\/p>\n
\nnumber of released detainees who were held during the ongoing unrest in Syria
\nhave reported that torture and other ill-treatment are widely used both as
\nmeans to obtain a “confession” and as a way of punishing those who protest to
\nintimidate others into not joining them.\n<\/p>\n
\nyour own language:\n<\/p>\n
\nconcern that Yassin Ziadeh appears to be detained solely for the human rights
\nactivities of his exiled brother Radwan Ziadeh, in which case he would be a
\nprisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally;\n<\/p>\n
\nconcern that Yassin Ziadeh is being held in incommunicado detention and
\ntherefore at increased risk of torture and calling on the authorities to ensure
\nthat he is protected from torture and other ill-treatment and granted immediate
\naccess to his family, legal counsel of his own choosing, and any medical
\nattention he may require.\n<\/p>\n
\nyour country. Please insert local diplomatic addresses below:\n<\/p>\n
\nEmail address Salutation Salutation <\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nafter the above date.\n<\/p>\n
\narrests in response to mass protests calling for Syrian President Bashar
\nal-Assad to step down, which began in mid-March 2011. The arrests have targeted
\npeople perceived to have organized or openly supported those protests, whether
\norally in public gatherings, in the media, on the internet or elsewhere. They
\ninclude journalists, political and human rights activists, and mosque imams.
\nThe wave of arrests has forced a number of activists and journalists into
\nhiding. Among a number of individuals who have been detained on apparent
\naccount of the activities of their relatives are ‘Abd al-Rahman Hammada,
\nbrother-in-law of human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouneh, who remains in hiding,
\nand Mu’ayad al-Bunni, the 18-year-old son of Walid al-Bunni, a prominent
\npolitical activist and former prisoner of conscience, who is also detained.\n<\/p>\n
\nSyria and Amnesty International has published the names and other details
\nconcerning 88 individuals who were reported to have died in custody from 1
\nApril to mid-August 2011. See the report Deadly Detention: Deaths in custody
\namid popular protest in Syria (Index: MDE 24\/0352011).\n<\/p>\n
\n2011\n<\/p>\n
\nactivist Radwan Ziadeh, has been held in incommunicado detention since his
\narrest on 30 August in Daraya, near the capital Damascus. He is at risk of
\ntorture and other ill-treatment and is likely to be a prisoner of conscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}