The political detainee Osama Omar al-Khalid died on Monday due to his deteriorating health condition, following 15 months of detention by the military Intelligence, local rights advocates said.
Doctor al-Khalid was acclaimed for devoting his medical career to help poor people, especially during the 8-year-old war. He was arrested by the military intelligence division in southern Daraa province on August 3, 2018.
Syrian opposition sources said that more than 500,000 prisoners remain inside the prisons of 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 regime has been practicing 72 torture methods gainast detainees in security chambers and military hospitals, SNHR said October.
About 1.2 million Syrian citizens have been arrested and detained at some point in the regime’s detention centers, including 130,000 individuals who are still detained or forcibly disappeared by the Syrian regime, since the revolution erupted in March 2011, SNHR said.
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.
Zaman Al Wasl
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