Syria: Further information: Syrian Kurd persecuted after forcible return

Index Number: MDE 24/035/2009
Date Published: 27 November 2009
Categories: Syria

Berzani Karro, a Syrian Kurdish man and possible prisoner of conscience, is reported to have been tortured while being held incommunicado for three months after his forcible return to Syria from Cyprus in June. He is now known to be in ‘Adra prison in Damascus, the capital of Syria.