\nURGENT ACTION\n<\/p>\n
\nKurdish writer and pro-reform activist, Hussein ‘Essou, aged
\n59, has been held incommunicado since his arrest in al-Hasakah, north-eastern
\nSyria, on 3 September 2011. He suffers from a heart condition and may not be
\nreceiving the regular medication he requires. He is at risk of torture and
\nother ill-treatment.\n<\/p>\n
\nA person who said he was a member of Air Force Intelligence
\ntelephoned Hussein ‘Essou in the early evening of 2 September, telling him they
\nwere waiting for him at his home and requesting him to return there
\nimmediately. He said he was busy and waited until 1am to go home after spending
\nthe evening with friends. He was arrested at around 2am on 3 September by
\nsecurity forces believed to be members of Air Force Intelligence.\n<\/p>\n
\nWhen friends asked for him at the Air Force Intelligence
\nbranch in al-Hasakah, officers accepted the medication his friends had brought
\nfor him but did not permit them to see him. A contact has told Amnesty
\nInternational that he has since been moved to the Air Force Intelligence branch
\nin Damascus but Amnesty International has been unable to confirm this and his
\ncurrent whereabouts are therefore uncertain. Amnesty International is
\nparticularly concerned about his well-being as it is unclear whether he is
\nreceiving his regular medication, which he requires for treatment of a heart
\ncondition.\n<\/p>\n
\nHussein ‘Essou is a prominent writer and pro-reform \nPlease write immediately in Arabic, English, French or your \nn <\/span>Expressing \nn <\/span>Expressing \nn <\/span>Urging the \nPLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 27 OCTOBER 2011 TO:\n<\/p>\n \nPresident\n<\/p>\n \nBashar al-Assad \nPresidential Palace\n<\/p>\n \nal-Rashid Street \nDamascus, Syrian Arab Republic\n<\/p>\n \nFax: +963 11 332 3410\n<\/p>\n \nSalutation: Your Excellency\n<\/p>\n \nMinister of Foreign Affairs\n<\/p>\n \nWalid al-Mu’allim \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\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 \nPlease check with your section office if sending appeals \n \n<\/p>\n \nURGENT ACTION\n<\/p>\n \nDETAINED SYRIAN WRITER AT RISK OF TORTURE\n<\/p>\n \nAdditional Information\n<\/p>\n \nSince popular protests calling for political reform in Syria \nSyrian security forces have targeted people perceived to \nHussein ‘Essou’s writings have focused on political issues \n \n<\/p>\n \nName: Hussein ‘Essou\n<\/p>\n \nGender m\/f: male\n<\/p>\n \nEast Mediterranean Team\n<\/p>\n \nAmnesty International, International Secretariat\n<\/p>\n \nPeter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street\n<\/p>\n \nLondon WC1X 0DW\n<\/p>\n \nUnited Kingdom\n<\/p>\n \nE-mail: Eastmed@amnesty.org\n<\/p>\n \nTel: <\/span>+44 (0)20 \nFax: <\/span>+44 (0)20 \nURGENT ACTION\n<\/p>\n \nKurdish writer and pro-reform activist, Hussein ‘Essou, aged
\nactivist. He has publicly declared his support for the popular protests and
\nattended demonstrations in al-Hasakah and provided information to international
\nmedia outlets. Although the Syrian authorities have not given any indication
\nabout the reasons for his arrest, Amnesty International believes that he may be
\na prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the legitimate exercise of his
\nrights to freedom of expression and assembly.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nown language:\n<\/p>\n
\nconcern that Hussein ‘Essou is being detained incommunicado and at an unknown
\nlocation, asking for information regarding his place of detention, the reason
\nfor his arrest and his legal status, and calling for him to be fully protected
\nfrom torture and other ill-treatment, allowed contact with his family and a
\nlawyer of his choice, and provided with regular medication and any medical
\nattention he requires;\n<\/p>\n
\nconcern that Hussein ‘Essou may be detained solely for peacefully exercising
\nhis right to express his political views and noting that, if this is the case,
\nAmnesty International would consider him a prisoner of conscience and call for
\nhis immediate and unconditional release;\n<\/p>\n
\nSyrian authorities to take immediate steps to name and disclose the whereabouts
\nof all political detainees and to give them immediate access to lawyers of
\ntheir choosing and their families, and to safeguard them from torture and other
\nill-treatment.\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nyour country. Please insert local diplomatic addresses below:\n<\/p>\n
\nEmail address Salutation Salutation
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nafter the above date.\n<\/p>\n
\nbegan to be violently repressed in mid-March, Amnesty International has
\ncompiled the names of more than 2,120 people, including children, who are
\nbelieved to have been killed. Amnesty International has received numerous
\naccounts of detainees being tortured or otherwise ill-treated as well as
\nreports of at least 95 deaths in custody since April 2011, in many cases as an
\napparent result of such abuses. For further information, please see Syria:
\nDeadly Detention: Deaths in custody amid popular protest in Syria (Index: MDE
\n24\/035\/2011).\n<\/p>\n
\nhave organized or openly supported the protests, whether orally in public
\ngatherings, in the media, on the internet or elsewhere. They include political
\nand human rights activists, mosque imams and journalists. Amnesty International
\nbelieves that many of those detained are likely to be prisoners of conscience,
\nheld merely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and
\nassociation by peacefully supporting or taking part in protests.\n<\/p>\n
\nand he has regularly criticized the Syrian authorities. He issued a statement
\ncondemning the arrest of leading opposition figure Nawaf al Bashir in late
\nJuly. He has also composed poetry.\n<\/p>\n
\n7413 5500\n<\/p>\n
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