- Target:
- President Assad, Syrian Foreign Ministry, Syrian Embassies, Navil Pillay, Ban Ki-Moon, Arab League
- Region:
- GLOBAL
- Website:
- supportsyrianfreedom.wordpress.com
Jiwan Abdulrahman Khaled was arrested on March 5, 2012 along with his father and brothers by Assad's security forces.
After a brief period of detention, his father and brothers were released. During his imprisonment and interrogation, Jiwan's father--who has suffered strokes in the past-- had his fingers broken.
Jiwan Abdulrahman Khaled remains in prison and is considered a political prisoner. There are grave concerns that he is being tortured, as was done to his father.
WHEREAS: Jiwan Abdulrahman Khaled's arrest and continued imprisonment are in violation of both national and international laws, including Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (dealing with arbitrary detention);
And WHEREAS torture is illegal in Syria under international law as well as Article 29 (3) of the Syrian Constitution;
And WHEREAS Jiwan Abdulrahman Khaled is a political prisoner for whose saftey, health and over-all well being the security forces and the regime of President Assad itself are responsible;
THEREFORE, we demand that the Syrian government IMMEDIATELY and UNCONDITIONALLY release Jiwan Abdulrahman Khaled and all other political prisonerse whose detention and mistreatment violates both Syrian and international law.
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The Free Syrian Political Prisoner Jiwan Abdulrahman Khaled petition to President Assad, Syrian Foreign Ministry, Syrian Embassies, Navil Pillay, Ban Ki-Moon, Arab League was written by John S. Burke and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.