Prepared by Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of issue: 30/8/2013
According to the last statistic conducted by SNHR in 12/6/2013, the number of detainees exceeded 215.000. SNHR listed more than 50% of them, and because there are parents not willing to refer to their child’s detention, especially if she is a female, this hampers the ability to document all detainees’ names, unlike the victims whose names we documented accurately.
The detention, or enforced disappearances, occur when persons are arrested, detained or abducted against their will or otherwise deprived of their liberty by officials of different branches or levels of Government, by organized groups, or private individuals acting on behalf of, or with the support be it direct or indirect, consent or acquiescence to the Government. This is followed by a refusal to disclose the fate or whereabouts of the persons concerned, or a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of their liberty, which places such persons outside the protection of the law.
Among the 215.000 detainees, 80.000 Syrian citizens considered as enforced disappearance, according to SNHR’s lists, which are available for IRC and UN if they wish to see.
Among the 215.000 detainees, more than 9,000 are under the age of 18, and subjected to different types of torture similar to the torture detained men undergo.
Among the 215.000 detainees, more than 5000 women.
The detainees are subjected to the daily, systematically, and extremely violent and difficult methods of torture for at least 14 hours a day, which led to the death of 3117 citizens tortured to death, including 29 women and 91 children.
Due to the significant rise in the numbers of detainees, prisons and the main security branches are no longer enough, they are:
1- Air Force intelligence
2- Military Security
3- Political Security
4- State Security
In addition to central prisons, that contain thousands of detainees, our report focuses on military bases that contain detainees.
The Syrian regime used military bases as detention centers where civilians were tortured. It is almost confirmed that the international society will intervene militarily to stop the bloodshed in Syria and hit the regime’s military bases where they used to shell the cities and residential neighborhoods from. However, we must pay attention to theses military bases that contain civilian prisoners that take into consideration an objective to only target military vehicles without the buildings that exist within those military units, in order to preserve the life of those civilians.
We also don’t rule out that Syrian regime will kill large numbers of detainees and accuse the international society of doing so.
These are the following military bases, with each site there is a map that shows the location of it:
First: Damascus governorate
– Almaza military airport (there are almost 8,000 detainees from Damascus and countryside exist in the sport hall of the airport)
https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.484225,36.22673&spn=0.004886,0.010568&t=h&z=17
– Omaya school turned into military barrack
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.517122,36.311917&num=1&t=h&z=16
– Altajheez school turned into military barrack
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.515351,36.292498&num=1&t=h&z=17
– Pakistani school turned into military barrack
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.50424,36.115451&num=1&t=h&z=16
– Tenth Brigade Qatana
– Third Brigade Qtaifih
– Sydnaya prison https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.665461,36.328819&num=1&t=h&z=15
– Aldomair airport
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.615191,36.745563&num=1&t=h&z=14
– Fourth Brigade Dimas containers
– Republican Guard: Najha containers
– First Brigade: Alkosoa
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Second: Homs governorate:
– Alhasan Ibn Alhaitham military campaign, all the detainees there are civilians:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.69048,36.728763&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=17–
– Military housing factory, most detainees are civilians:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.657216,36.715898&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=16
– Air Defense Brigade in Ghantou village, most of the detainees are defected soldiers and Free Syrian Army’s fighters:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.795259,36.710932&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=17
– Military institute for vegetables and fruits- Qusor neighborhood, most detainees moved to air security branch, only a few civilians there:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.746895,36.709562&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=19
SNHR’s members received reports that security forces evacuated the security headquarters and central prison, and were transferred to civilians headquarters in the following areas:
(Mukhtaria, Zahraa, Zaidal)
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Third: Aleppo governorate:
– Hanano Barrackshttps://maps.google.com.eg/maps?q=36.207403,37.169641&hl=en&num=1&t=m&z=16
36.207403,37.169641
– Aleppo International Stadium: turned into military barrack, contains armor
https://maps.google.com.eg/maps?q=36.186104,37.116939&hl=en&num=1&t=m&z=13
36.186104,37.116939
– Alnairab military airport, has civilians and defected soldiers in its buildings
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.180614,37.22438&num=1&t=h&z=16
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Fourth: Hama governorate:
– Military airport has large numbers of detainees, specifically in dispensary and the near buildings.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.122717,36.708042&num=1&t=h&z=13
– Brigade 47 located on southern side of Homs Highway
– Dier Shmil camp located in the western countryside
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Fifth : Lattakia governorate:
All the detainees are civilians who retreated or wanted to do military service. They were held in this location in addition to prisoners that were transferred from political security.. Unless they were transferred to the courts or Damascus.
1- Military bases:
-The castle is in the center of the city and is also an air base and a missile platform, containing a large number of Anti-aircraft munitions, Gvozdika, number of soldiers are 360, and there are tunnels underneath
35.521434, 35.785303
– Salah Aldin barracks ( which is a battalion belong to the Republican Guard, military security and Military prison)
– Al- Yahodia located at the entrance of the city before Tishreen university, extends over a wide area, contain thousands of soldiers, surface to surface rocket launcher and other weapons.
2- Alternative bases:
– Sports city (Alassad sport city) off the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on the northern outskirts of the city of Latakia. With an area of 160 hectares, has been turned into a military barracks contains tanks, armored personnel carrier, Ammunition depots, and is the official residence of Helal Al-Assad while turning the horse track to a place of detention hundreds of Syrians
– Jol Jamal school turned into military barrack, launching centre, and arming soldiers ( inside the school there is a tunnel leads to shelters under Hafez Al-Asaad’s statue in Sheikh Daher square , we think that there are detainees there )
35.522211,35.778415
SNHR’s members got reports that security forces evacuate security headquarters and central prison, and move them to civilians headquarters.
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Sixth : Dier ez-Zor governorate:
– Avant-garde camp in Jorah neighborhood
https://maps.google.com.qa/maps?q=35.353776,40.106621&hl=ar&num=1&gl=QA&t=m&z=13
– Panorama’s barrier building located at the sides of Dier ez-Zoor towards Palmyra, almost 10 km far from the centre of the city, they held civilians there temporarily, then they departed to a security branch.
