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

Índice: MDE 24/036/2004
Fecha de publicación: 22 abril 2004
Categorías: Oriente Medio y Norte de África, Siria

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.