{"id":100272,"date":"2023-06-27T06:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=100272"},"modified":"2023-06-27T06:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:38:20","slug":"families-of-missing-in-syria-incur-immense-challenges-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/100272\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Families of missing in Syria incur &#8216;immense challenges&#8217; \u2013 Amnesty<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> As war in Syria has persisted for over a decade, leaving tens of thousands of missing and forcibly disappeared people in limbo, Amnesty International stressed on Tuesday that families of these missing &#8220;have faced immense challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the date for voting on the establishment of a new body tasked with revealing fate of the missing people in Syria is approaching, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2023\/06\/syria-un-member-states-must-support-institution-for-conflicts-disappeared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amnesty International<\/a>\u2019s Secretary-General, Agn\u00e8s Callamard, said, &#8220;Families of the missing and forcibly disappeared have faced immense challenges in obtaining any information about the fate of their loved ones\u2026 the UN can help them find some of the answers they deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 29, a vote on the matter is expected to take place at the UN headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This &#8220;can provide a way to fulfill the families\u2019 right to truth,&#8221; according to Callamard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stressed that all parties to the conflict have refrained from addressing this issue, resulting in &#8220;perpetual agony and uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary-General noted, \u201cAt least 100,000 people are believed to be missing or have been forcibly disappeared in Syria since 2011\u2026 the hands of the Syrian government\u2019s security apparatus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 23, Human Rights Watch (<a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/100061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HRW<\/a>) and over 100 Syrian and international organizations urged the UN to vote in favor of the resolution to establish &#8220;a humanitarian body,&#8221; tasked with this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August of 2022, the UN Secretary-General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/documents\/reports\/a76890-missing-people-syrian-arab-republic-report-secretary-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposed<\/a> the issue of establishing an independent institution to bolster efforts to address the thousands of detentions and enforced disappearances committed since 2011 and provide support to the families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Saya Muhammad<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 As war in Syria has persisted for over a decade, leaving tens of thousands of missing and forcibly disappeared people in limbo, Amnesty International stressed on Tuesday that families of these missing &#8220;have faced immense challenges.&#8221; 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