Syria: Men in video “confessions” feared tortured

Index Number: MDE 24/007/2013
Date Published: 12 March 2013
Categories: Syria

Four Syrian men identified in televised “confessions” as involved in a plot to assassinate Syria's president have been held incommunicado for 10 weeks, during which time at least two of them are reported to have been tortured. Their lives are in grave danger.