Unknown fate | Local authorities arrest a young activist nearly a month and a half ago
The fate of the activist Roba Eissa has been unidentified for nearly 48 hours, after unidentified gunmen stormed her house in Mashlab village Al-Raqqa on July 27, and arrested and took her to an unknown destination. However, the reasons behind the arrest are still unknown and her parents weren’t informed of her whereabouts.
The media activist worked for a local agency in Al-Raqqa.
According to local sources, the authorities that arrested the activist belonged to the Public Security of the “Autonomous Administration.”
On July 11, SOHR activists reported that the young woman “Hilin Ahmed Ismael”, who is younger than 20 years old, was still arrested by the Women’s Intelligence, where she was kidnapped in front of her father’s pharmacy in Al-Na’im Square in Al-Raqqa city at midnight of June 14, 2022.
According to reliable SOHR sources, the young woman has no political issues or records, and she worked as an administrative figure in the Civil Administration in Al-Raqqa in 2017-2020. However, she fought against any violations that contradict freedom and dignity as she criticized the policy of the “Autonomous Administration” as one of her rights, making her subject for monitoring and led to her sudden arrest.
SOHR holds the Autonomous Administration in northern and eastern of Syria the responsibility of keeping Hilin safe, in addition to demanding her instant release and calls to:
• Caring about her psychological condition, especially with the deterioration of her health.
• Revealing her whereabouts so that her parents are allowed to visit her
• Taking into consideration that she is the only provider for her family, which consists of her father the pharmacist Ahmed Ismail, who suffers permanent disability
SOHR relies and depends on the understanding of the Autonomous Administration and its awareness that criticism in the first milestone for repair.
We at SOHR would show our gratitude to the “Autonomous Administration” for its commitment to the universal principles of human rights, especially towards women who suffered wars, intimidation and oppression by ISIS cells in Al-Raqqa, and held responsibility in difficult conditions.