The Syrian National Coalition warned that forcing Syrian refugees to return to regime areas puts their lives in danger

ARK News… The media department of the National Coalition said that Ahmed Bakoura, coordinator of the Office of Refugees and Displaced Persons, “reiterated that Syria is still not safe for the return of refugees due to the danger that surrounds them as a result of the violations and crimes committed by the regime forces against civilians.”

Adding that he "called on the international community to make the necessary effort to achieve a complete political transition in the country."

Bakoura pointed out in statements that the new report issued by the Syrian Network for Human Rights about regime forces arresting a refugee who returned to areas under their control and torturing him to death “confirms the lack of appropriate conditions for the return of refugees before reaching a political solution that achieves political transition in accordance with international resolutions, first and foremost.” Resolutions 2118 and 2254.

Warning that "forcing Syrian refugees to return to regime-controlled areas will endanger their lives, whether by arrest, forced disappearance, or torture to death," and it is also "a violation of international law, resolutions, and norms related to refugee rights."

The Syrian Network for Human Rights published on Friday that elements affiliated with the Air Security Branch of the Syrian regime forces arrested the young man Adham Hussein Jadid, from the town of Madaya in the Damascus countryside, on August 15, 2022, “upon his return from his place of refuge in Turkey to settle his security situation and return to his original place of residence.

The network explained that Adham's family received news of his death in Sednaya Military Prison on November 14, unofficially, while they were trying to get an appointment for a visit without being able to receive his body.

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