Up to 500 people, including officials and agents of Bashar al-Assad’s ousted government, have been arrested in Homs in 48 hours. The Military Operations Command began a campaign several days ago against people allegedly linked to crimes committed by the al-Assad regime.
The security forces of the new Syrian government they have arrested at some 500 people in the city in the past 48 hours Homs be for alleged link to crimes committed by the deposed regime of Bashar al-Assadand “some of them have been abused and tortured“, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
In a statement released this Sunday, the Observatory said that “in the past 48 hours, approximately 500 people have been detained in the eastern suburbs of Homs, including officers and agents (of the former regime) who had carried out the reconciliation” in the centers. established by the new government for this purpose.
He has indicated that these arrests “were carried out amid violations by some members (of the security forces), and torture of the detainees while they were being transferred to security centers.”
The NGO, which is based in Britain but has a wide network of staff on the ground, said in the statement that the Observatory “obtained a video showing members of the security forces arresting civilians in the vicinity of Al Sabil, in Homs, And leading them in an inhumane manner, similar to the behavior of members of the old regime“, he assures.
The security forces of Military Operations Command of the Syrian government started a few days ago a tracking and registration campaign in Homs to prosecute former members of the deposed regime’s armed forces who refuse to carry out reconciliation operations, and groups that have not yet surrendered their weapons.
The campaign includes intensive searches and raids on homes in the affected neighborhoods, under strict security measures.
Media outlets contacting the new government have announced the arrest of some alleged perpetrators of crimes such as torture or murder of prisoners during Al Assad’s regime, which was overthrown on December 8.
In recent weeks, the new Syrian authorities have opened “reconciliation centers” in several governorates of the country to accommodate and reconcile the situation of soldiers or members of security organizations of the old regime. hands “are stained with the blood of the Syrians.”
Source: EITB
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