Syria: Further information on Incommunicado detention/fear of torture/"disappearance"/medical concern and new concerns: Prisoner of conscience/Unfair trial, Aktham Nu'aysa

Index Number: MDE 24/036/2004
Date Published: 22 April 2004
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Syria

Aktham Nu'aysa is now in solitary confinement in Sednaya prison. He was yesterday referred to the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) in Damascus after over a week of incommunicado detention. During the court session the prosecutor told him that he was to face a number of extremely serious charges. These include 'carrying out activities contrary to the socialist system of the state' and 'opposing the objectives of the revolution', and could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.