Nidal Ajjan disappeared since arrest by Syrian Army during evacuation from siege in 2014
Name(s):
Nidal Ajjan
Status:
Disappeared
Year of birth:
1971
Profession:
Baker
Nationality:
Syrian
Date of arrest:
On January 5, 2014, Nidal Ajjan and some of his relatives were arrested by the Syrian Army at a checkpoint in Sayyida Zeinab, south Damascus, while they were trying to evacuate the besieged village of Yalda. Nidal’s fate and whereabouts remain unknown to date.
Nidal Ajjan was living in the village of Yalda, which, at the time, was under the control of the Free Syrian Army and besieged by the Syrian Army. On January 5, 2014, the Syrian Army agreed to allow the evacuation of all the civilians not directly participating in hostilities.
On January 5, 2014, while they were trying to evacuate Yalda, Nidal Ajjan and other members of his family were stopped at a checkpoint controlled by the Syrian Army located in Al Wahash Street, in Sayyida Zeinab. Members of the Syrian Army, wearing military uniforms, arrested Nidal Ajjan and the other members of the family and took them to an unknown location.
One year and a half after the arrest took place, Nidal Ajjan’s family went to the military police station in Qaboun, Damascus Governorate, to enquire about his fate and whereabouts. The military police officers told them that he had “died in detention”. The officers gave the family his identity card and asked them to go to Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus to receive the death certificate. On the identity card provided to the family was written the number 294, which, according to the officers, indicates the number of his grave. However, the officers did not tell the family in which place of detention Nidal Ajjan had died nor the location of his grave.
As a consequence of the lack of any clear and precise evidence given by the authorities in support of the claim of his death – and notably in the absence of his body – the family refused to go to Tishreen Military Hospital to receive his death certificate.
| Name(s): |
Nidal Ajjan
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| Status: |
Disappeared
|
| Year of birth: |
1971
|
| Profession: |
Baker
|
| Nationality: |
Syrian
|
| Date of arrest: |
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Nidal Ajjan was living in the village of Yalda, which, at the time, was under the control of the Free Syrian Army and besieged by the Syrian Army. On January 5, 2014, the Syrian Army agreed to allow the evacuation of all the civilians not directly participating in hostilities.
On January 5, 2014, while they were trying to evacuate Yalda, Nidal Ajjan and other members of his family were stopped at a checkpoint controlled by the Syrian Army located in Al Wahash Street, in Sayyida Zeinab. Members of the Syrian Army, wearing military uniforms, arrested Nidal Ajjan and the other members of the family and took them to an unknown location.
One year and a half after the arrest took place, Nidal Ajjan’s family went to the military police station in Qaboun, Damascus Governorate, to enquire about his fate and whereabouts. The military police officers told them that he had “died in detention”. The officers gave the family his identity card and asked them to go to Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus to receive the death certificate. On the identity card provided to the family was written the number 294, which, according to the officers, indicates the number of his grave. However, the officers did not tell the family in which place of detention Nidal Ajjan had died nor the location of his grave.
As a consequence of the lack of any clear and precise evidence given by the authorities in support of the claim of his death – and notably in the absence of his body – the family refused to go to Tishreen Military Hospital to receive his death certificate.
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