SYR0911, SYR1120, SYR1389, SYR1701. 5) Wahadad Khasa. [SYR4346]

1) You will find attached a copy of the 1981 Amnesty International annual report for Syria.
2) Attached is documentation on the prison of Tudmur, formerly called Palmyra. (Richard F. Nyrop, Area Handbook for Syria,
p. 308; Amnesty International, Syria. Torture by the security forces, pp. 12 to 24).
3) You will find attached a previous response to an Information request regarding the events in Hama in February 1982. (No SYR1120).
4) Please find attached the previous responses to Information requests from the compendium: SYR0911, SYR1120, SYR1389 and SYR1701. You will notice that the contents of these responses are similar, the requests themselves being similar.
5) Please find attached documentation regarding the Wahadad Khasa. (Report from Amnesty International to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, pp. 12 to 17, 26, 34 to 38; Syria. Torture by the security forces, pp. 7-8 and 41).
Attachments:


Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 1981. Amnesty International Publications, London. PP. 376 to 379.

Report from Amnesty International to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. November 1983. PP. 12 to 14 to 17, 24 to 31, 34 to 38.

Syria. Torture by the security forces. PP. 7 to 24, 41.

IRBDC, previous responses to Information requests: SYR0911, SYR1120, SYR1389, SYR1701.

Richard Nyrop and als, Area Handbook for Syria. PP. 308-309.