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APPENDIX B: SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE OR TRIAL OR IMPRISONED
Pages 35-48

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... ; married (AI Index 8/ 83; AI Index 4/90)
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... RIAD DALI: engineer; arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1-day national strike (AI Index 8/83; AI Index 4/90) IMAD 'ABD AL-SHAIKH DIB: 36-year-old engineer; arrested in August 1980 by Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya (Military Intelligence)
From page 37...
... 'UBAID MUSTAFA AL-HANI: engineer; arrested in 1980 in Al-Raqqa following 1-day national strike (AI Index 8/83; AI Index 4/90) SALAH BIN 'ALI AL-IBRAHIM: electrical engineer; arrested in August 1980 in Idlib by Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya (Military Intelligence)
From page 38...
... SALIM KHAIRBEK: 44-year-old mechanical engineer; arrested in June 1980 in Damascus; worked for Syrian airline; member of Damascus Engineers' Association; refused to sign a statement renouncing political activities in December 1991 and therefore was not released; held in 'Adra Civil Prison; unmarried (AI "Syria: Indefinite Political Imprisonment," 7/92; NAS) 'ABD AL-GHANI KHARRAT: engineer; arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike (AI Index 8/83; AI Index 4/90)
From page 39...
... NABIL MOULHEM: 30-year-old civil engineer; reportedly arrested on August 15, 1987, for suspected membership in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison (NAS; CDF Engineers List 1992) 'ABD AL-HALIM 'ABD AL-MUN'IM: 51-year-old engineer; arrested in June 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike (AI Index 8/83; AI 4/90)
From page 40...
... FARID BIN 'ADNAN ABU-SALID: engineer; arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike (AI Index 8/83; AI Index 4/90) RASUL SARRAJ: 38-year-old engineer; arrested in September 1980 in Homs by Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya (Military Intelligence)
From page 41...
... USAMA AL-TARABULSI: engineer; arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1-day national strike (AI Index 8/83; AI Index 4/90) BASHSHAR TARAZI: 43-year-old civil engineer; arrested in May 1980 in Homs by Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya (Military Intelligence)
From page 42...
... for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; previously detained in 1979-1980; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; adopted as prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International; married with one child (AI UA 10/25/91; CDF Engineers List 1991; AI Newsletter 8/92; NAS) Economist MOUNTHER KHADDAM: 43-year-old professor of political economy, Tishrin University, Latakiyya; arrested in 1981 in Latakiyya for alleged membership in prohibited Democratic Ba'ath Party; detained in al-Mezze Military Prison (MESA 12/19/90; CDF 5/1/91; NAS)
From page 43...
... FARHAN AL-AZHARI: 35-year-old veterinary surgeon; arrested in 1980 in Homs following 1-day national strike; unmarried (AI Index 1/89; AI Index 5/21/90) MUHAMMAD BARAD'I: general practitioner; arrested in 1980 in Tartus following 1-day national strike; reportedly held in Tadmur Military Prison (AI Index 4/84)
From page 44...
... IBRAHIM PARIS: 42-year-old pediatrician; arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1 -day national strike; reportedly detained in Tadmur Military Prison; married with three children (AI Index 1/89; AI Index 5/21/90) AHMAD FAIZ AL-FAWWAZ: 49-year-old medical doctor; arrested on October 6, 1980, in Damascus for membership in prohibited Communist Party Political Bureau and for criticizing government policies; currently detained in 'Adra Civil Prison; reportedly tortured during interrogation; adopted as prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International; married with children (AI 4/5/89; AI 6/28/90; PHR Newsletter summer/fall 1990; CDF Health Professionals List 1992; NAS)
From page 45...
... MUNIB ZAHRI AL-NAJJAR: veterinary surgeon; arrested in 1980 in Homs following 1-day national strike (AI Index 1/89; AI Index 5/21/90) KHALED AL-NASSER: 42-year-old kidney specialist; arrested in September 1986 in Aleppo on charges of being General Secretary of "Nasserite organization of Syria"; detained in Aleppo Central Prison; married with three children (NAS; MEW "Throwing Away the Key," 11/92; Index on Censorship 1/87; AI 7/20/89; CDF Health Professionals List 1992)
From page 46...
... ALI SAREM: 36-year-old dentist; former Army officer from Deir Mama; arrested by Syrian security agents in Damascus in July 1984 for membership in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly tortured during interrogation; believed to be in poor health; held at Tadmur Military Prison or Saidnaya Prison; allowed brief visit every three months with family members; adopted as prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International (AI UA 2/24/ 88; PHR; AI "Health Care and Human Rights," 4/88; CDF Health Professionals List 1992) FAWWAZ AHMAD SHARBAK: ear, nose and throat specialist; arrested in 1980 in Homs following 1-day national strike; married; held in Tadmur Military Prison (AI Index 4/84; AI 1/89; AI Index 5/21/90)
From page 47...
... TAWFIQ DRAQ AL-SIBA'I: 45-year-old neurologist; ran a medical clinic in Homs; detained in May 1980 after the Syrian censors intercepted a letter from his relatives in Saudi Arabia expressing concern about the political situation in Syria; accused of involvement in matters affecting state security; held in al-Mezze Military Prison in Damascus; has not been charged or tried; studied neurology in Montreal in 1973; married with five children (AI Matchbox 11/81; AI Newsletter 4/87; AI "Health Personnel," 4/91; NAS) FADIL SIRAJIYYA: ophthalmologist; arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike (AI Index 1/89; AI Index 5/21/90)
From page 48...
... 48 SCIENTISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA Prison; refused to renounce political activities and therefore was not released in 1991 ammesty; married with two children (AI 6/28/90; NAS; CDF Health Professionals List 1992) SA'ID ZAIDAN: 35-year-old general practitioner; arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike; unmarried (AI Index 1/89; AI Index 5/21/ 90)


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