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Children flogged in Syrian secret prisons
Dear Tracy,
Amnesty just uncovered shocking abuses in northern Syria. Children as young as eight years old have been detained in secret prisons -- held together with adults in cruel and inhuman conditions.
Today Amnesty is releasing a report that identifies seven secret prisons and details the human rights abuses being committed there -- including the flogging of children.
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These secret prisons are being run by ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham), an armed group that controls large areas of northern Syria. ISIS, which claims to apply Shari'a (Islamic law), has ruthlessly flouted the rights of local people. Some held by ISIS are accused of "crimes" against Islam like smoking cigarettes. Others are seized for challenging ISIS's rule. Many local Syrian Muslims utterly reject the abuses of ISIS, but feel trapped.
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Families across Syria are in a desperate struggle to survive daily violence, unjust imprisonment, and other abuses. We won't stop until the global community takes action to end violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, including the use of torture in detention centers.
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Sincerely,
Sunjeev Bery
ADVOCACY DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
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