Six months of detention | Military police release young man for 13,500 USD in Afrin

Aleppo province: Pro-Turkey factions released a 21-year-old man from Al-Derbasiyah town in Al-Hasakah countryside for 13,500 USD, after six months of detention in the military police prisons in Afrin area in northern Aleppo countryside.

 

According to reliable SOHR sources, the young man was beaten and assaulted by pro-Turkey factions in Azaz city, while attempting to enter Turkish territory through routes used for smuggling, as he sought a safe haven. He was later handed over to the military police branch in Afrin, and after negotiations, he was released. The young man is suffering from psychological issues following his release due to the torture which he had endured by pro-Turkey factions.

 

It Is worth noting that the Turkish Jandarma and pro-Turkey factions commit flagrant violations against the Syrians who are trying to cross into Turkey, in addition to the psychological and physical torture inflicted on detainees in factions’ prisons.

 

On April 28, SOHR sources reported that a 36 year-old civilian died under torture in the Al-Ra’ai prison, which overseen by Turkish intelligence in Aleppo countryside within ‘Euphrates Shield’ area, after four years of detention, where his body was buried in the town by security services on April 23.

 

According to reliable SOHR sources the detainee’s relatives refused to receive the body, fearing of being arrested by those authorities.

 

The civilian hailed from Routa village in Ma’abtaly district in Afrin countryside, where he was arrested during a raid operation security services affiliated with Turkey in Al-Ashrafeiyah neighbourhood in 2020, along with seven members of his family including two children for “explosion that occurred in Afrin.”