The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has acknowledged the deaths of at least 1,056 Syrians who were forcibly disappeared by the security services over the years, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR).
The director of SNHR, Fadel Abdul Ghany, stated that Although the Syrian regime has always denied that it has forcibly disappeared thousands of Syrians, the Civil Registry incidents reveal that dozens of these people have died, and the Syrian regime has not informed their families, or handed over their bodies, even though it may have been years since their death.
He added that “There is hardly a regime worldwide similar to the Assad regime in its barbaric dealings with the people except for North Korea. The international community must help 86,792 forcibly disappeared Syrian citizens, for every delay means more deaths among the Syrian people.”
