(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ibrahim Hussein al-Muheisen, who hails from the northern countryside of Daraa, was arrested in May 2011 in Sayyida Zeinab south of Damascus by the Military Security Division on charges of assisting refugees without informing the authorities. The checkpoint arrested him, blindfolded and handcuffed him, and took him to the intelligence branch 227, know has (Al Mantiqa).
Muheisen told Zaman al-Wasl that the area is divided into two parts: the old prison and the new (where he was placed) comprising two groups numbered G1 and G2 with 3x3m rooms holding around 65-70 detainees, including between 65 and 70 detainees, including his brother, who was only 17 and who later died under torture.
Muheisen was severely tortured, underwent “shabh” (hanging), and was placed on the German chair, leading to the breaking the 4th and 5th vertebrae of his spine and burns all over his body.
-Numbering bodies-
In addition to feeding detainees, Muheisen was forced to wrap the bodies. After the doctor confirms the death, a plastic bag with a zipper is brought along with a black pen, Muheisen and other detainees are then asked to write a number dictated on them on the foreheads of the corpse.The same number is later written on the bag.
Muheisen revealed that the Kia 4000, with the license plate number 744544, was used to transport the bodies, when the number reaches 76 corpses, leaving the prison to an unknown destination, adding that the last body he marked with a number was only one day before his release.
In mid 2013, a team of war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts, had analyzed thousands of digital photos taken and provided by a Syrian defector codenamed "Caesar," who, along with his family, is now living outside Syria in an undisclosed location, according to CNN.
The team members shared their findings in a joint exclusive with CNN's "Amanpour" and The Guardian newspaper on January 20 2014.
Rosemary DiCarlo, the U.N. political chief said last August that more than 100,000 people in Syria have been detained, abducted or gone missing during the eight-year conflict, with the government mainly responsible.
According to Ka’kah , all media and activists who have been selected to prepare and carry out this campaign are media experts and are well-known for their loyalty to the Syrian revolution.
"We will follow up with them in the future to create an electronic army responsible for protecting the revolution and defending its causes and values.”
Syrian women were also a subject for detention and forced disappearance by the Syrian regime.
According to the International Conscience Movement, an NGO, more than 13,500 women have been jailed since the Syrian conflict began, while more than 7,000 women remain in detention, where they are subjected to torture, rape and sexual violence.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented at least 569 cases of arbitrary arrests in August, including 362 cases of enforced disappearance.
The report documents 229 cases of arbitrary arrests by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, including 19 children and 12 women. It also documents 48 cases of arbitrary arrests by the armed opposition, including two children and two women.
At least 3,618 cases of arbitrary arrests were documented by SNHR since the start of 2019.
Syria is not a member of the International Criminal Court. The only way the court could prosecute someone from Syria would be through a referral from the United Nations Security Council.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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