More than 112,000 Syrians forcibly disappeared under the Baath regime remain unaccounted for, with evidence suggesting many were killed in detention, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported.
The scale of torture and extrajudicial executions in Syrian prisons has been increasingly revealed following the collapse of the 61-year Baath Party regime on Dec. 8.
The SNHR’s database includes records of approximately 136,000 individuals who were detained or forcibly disappeared during the Baath regime. The organization has documented the release of about 24,200 prisoners from detention facilities across Syria since the regime’s fall.
SNHR Chairman Fadel Abdul Ghany told Anadolu that the group is currently verifying details of those freed from prisons in Aleppo on Nov. 28, Hama on Dec. 5, Homs on Dec. 7, and Damascus on Dec. 8.
“After excluding recent releases, 112,414 individuals detained by the regime remain unaccounted for and were most likely killed,” said Abdul Ghany.
“Since their bodies have not been returned to their families, they are still categorized as forcibly disappeared … There is no evidence to suggest they are still alive,” he explained.