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Manaf Abazeed 21 Dara German literature major at Damascus University Security checkpoint at entrance to town of Nu'aymeh,Dara Nov. 30-2011 This is his second detention during the revolution Bashir Abdo 26 Jisr Shughur Student Jisr al-Shughur countryside,near Hloz village 10-Jun-2011 Has 3 younger siblings. Plays Fairuz songs on guitar. Deya al-Abdullah 38 Suwayda Poet Suwayda 29-Jun-2011 Poet whose work has been heavily censored in past years, for tackling sex, religion, and politics. Dr Imad AbdulQader 30 Qamishlo Doctor Ibn al-Nafis Hospital in Damascus 18-Sep-2011 Taken from work while doing his job. RELEASED Dec 8,2011. Qusay Muhammad Abdulrahman Approx. 18 Displaced Persons Camp, Dara About to start school at Damascus University Taken from his father's store on Basri Square, Dara 5-Oct-2011 Military Intelligence Shadi AbuFakhr 32 Filmmaker Damascus Charged 8-Oct- 2011 Charged in court Oct 8 with "weakening national morale" & 5 other similar charges. Dr. Muhammad AbuHilal 35 Damascus Doctor Daraya 26-Sep-2011 No known participation in protests (implies taken for treating the wounded). RELEASED Dec 5. Muhammad Hasan AbuZayd B. 1969, married with 5 children Daraya Plaster worker (works in construction) Annas bin Malik Mosque in Daraya 11-Aug-2011 Air Force Intelligence Name Age From Occupation/Institution/Major Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party Remarks

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Manaf Abazeed

21 Dara German literature major atDamascus University

Security checkpoint atentrance to town ofNu'aymeh,Dara Nov. 30-2011

This is his seconddetention duringthe revolution

Bashir Abdo 26 Jisr Shughur Student Jisr al-Shughurcountryside,near Hlozvillage

10-Jun-2011 Has 3 youngersiblings. PlaysFairuz songs onguitar.

Deya al-Abdullah 38 Suwayda Poet Suwayda 29-Jun-2011 Poet whose workhas been heavilycensored in pastyears, for tacklingsex, religion, andpolitics.

Dr ImadAbdulQader

30 Qamishlo Doctor Ibn al-Nafis Hospital inDamascus

18-Sep-2011 Taken from workwhile doing his job.RELEASED Dec8,2011.

Qusay MuhammadAbdulrahman

Approx. 18 DisplacedPersons Camp,Dara

About to start school atDamascus University

Taken from his father'sstore on Basri Square,Dara

5-Oct-2011 Military Intelligence

Shadi AbuFakhr 32 Filmmaker Damascus Charged 8-Oct-2011

Charged in courtOct 8 with"weakeningnational morale" &5 other similarcharges.

Dr. MuhammadAbuHilal

35 Damascus Doctor Daraya 26-Sep-2011 No knownparticipation inprotests (impliestaken for treatingthe wounded).RELEASED Dec 5.

Muhammad HasanAbuZayd

B. 1969, marriedwith 5 children

Daraya Plaster worker (works inconstruction)

Annas bin MalikMosque in Daraya

11-Aug-2011 Air ForceIntelligence

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Alaa Akhras Approx. 22 Damascus Fourth-Year Law Student Sarujeh market,Damascus

5-Oct-2011 ForciblyDisappeared with2 friends (seebelow), AnnasSahen & HusamUzayel

Muhammad Alian 18, b. March 15,1993

Daraya Student Shamiyat Street,Damascus, at night,with his father, whowas released on Aug.14.

9-Aug-2011 Air Force Security

Annas Alian In his late 20s;married with onechild (daughter inphoto).

Daraya Owns a furniture store. Daraya 11-Jun-2011 Air Force Security Attended a regime-sponsored"dialogue" in Mayin Daraya.

Suhaib Ammar 21, b. Nov. 25,1989

Dara English lit student atDamascus University

Checkpoint in Daraya 17-Nov-2011, 8pm Air Force Security Hostage fornonviolent activistOsama Nassar,hisbro-in-law. "We'llreturn him to youin a coffin unlessyour husbandsurrenders," agenttold Suhaib'ssister, MaimounaAlammar.

Yazan AhmadAmro

12 Hama Schoolchild. Hama 10-Oct-2011 Military Security Child with heartcondition;his fatherwas killed byregime forces Aug1;child participatedin aschoolchildren'sprotest.

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Saeed Ali 38 Qamishlo Orthopedic surgeon & Chief ofMedical Staff at DamascusCity Hospital

Damascus 27-Oct-2011

Ahmad Antar Latakia Taken in a home raid,Tabiyat, in Latakia

7-Sep-2011, 10am

Political Security Initially imprisonedwith his 2 brothers,Omar & Tareq,who have beenreleased.

Dr. MuhammadBashir Arab

31 Aleppo Pathology Doctor Aleppo 2-Nov-2011 Subjected torepeated homeraids in the pastmonths; priorimprisonment in2004 for politicaldissent.

Ciwan Ayo 30 Ras al-Ayn Lawyer & Human RightsActivist with the Committeesfor the Defense of DemocraticFreedoms

Ras al-Ayn 4-Sep-2011 Charged in courtNov. 21 or 22;released ON BAILend of Nov.

Geore Bahno 18 Qamishlo Student at Aleppo TourismInstitute

Aleppo;whileattempting to film astudent documentaryon fuel shortages inSyria, w friendSamawel Sawmi(below)

30-Nov-2011 Assyrian HumanRights Networkissued statementon his behalf

Tareq SaeedBelshe

31 Latakia Latakia 19-Aug-2011 Latakia CentralPrison

Forced to appearon Syrian state tv"confessing"

Maha Bitar Jabla, Latakia Schoolteacher Jabla, Latakia 2-Oct-2011

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Alaa Burashi Damascus Engineer; Qalamon Universitygrad

Mazra'ah area,Damascus

11-Nov-2011

Alaa Choueiti Homs Former Employee atpetroleum company

Homs 15-Oct-2011 Air Force Security

Islam Dabbas 22 Daraya Student Daraya 22-Jul-2011 Air Force Security Imprisoned in theact of giving roses& water bottles tosoldiers sent torepress thenonviolent protestin which he wasparticipating.

Riyad Hasan Dibs B. 1950;m. HudaJughami,3 grown,accomplishedchildren

Qraya,Suwayda

Math teacher at Qraya highschool for 35 years

Suwayda 19-Sep-2011 Imprisoned whileapplying for traveldocuments ingovernment office.

Emad Nihad Druby 40 Homs Lawyer Justice Palace inHoms

20-Sep-2011 Imprisoned whiledoing his job:defending prisonerof conscienceNajati Tayara

Husain Essou 59 Hasakeh Writer, democracy advocate;Kurdish rights activist;promotes tolerance amongethnicities of Syria

Hasakeh 3-Sep-2011, 2 am Air Force Security

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Feras Fayyad approx. 29 Filmmaker DamascusInternational Airport

30-Nov-2011 Holds a degreefrom a Frenchinstitution

Sakhr Fayyad B. 1989 Suwayda This is his senior year incollege;computer technologymajor.

Suwayda 2-Nov-2011

Ammar MamunGhazali

Approx. 20 Qerfa village,Dara province

Med student Qerfa 11-Nov-2011 His father &brother wereimprisoned in thesame home raid

Razan Ghazzawi Damascus Blogger & head of MediaCenter for Freedom ofExpression

At Syria-Jordanborder.She washeaded to a mediaconference in Amman.

5-Dec-2011

Ehab Hadla 16, b. Dec. 30,1994

Student of Civil Engineering inDamascus

Damascus 30-Aug-2011

AbdulRahman al-Hajji

111,born 1900 Jasem, Dara Jasem, Dara 7-Dec-2011 Possibly world'soldest prisoner ofconscience

MuhammadHamawi

B. April 24, 1989 Daraya Communications degree,Damascus University, class of2011

Daraya 23-Sep-2011 Air Force Security He was taken in ahome raid; hisfather MuhammadYaseen Hamawi,65 years old, wastaken too &remainsimprisoned

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Maher Hamoud 24, born Sept 8,1987

Qraya,Suwayda

Information technologyengineer at the NursingSchool in Suwayda;Damascus U grad

Suwayda 9-Oct-2011

Dr. Nawras HajHasan

Born July 6, 1978 Aleppo Doctor Adra Prison inDamascus

30-Jun-2011

Amer Hilmy 34. B. 1977;married

Daraya Housepainter Daraya 26-Aug-2011 Air Force Security Committed studentof nonviolence

Yaseen MamunHomsy

22 Senior in BusinessAdministration at the ArabInternational Private University

Kiswa checkpoint nearDamascus

1-Nov-2011 Father, MamunHomsy,is a formerMP, formerprisoner ofconscience, exiledsince 2006

Zaid Ismail 19 Latakia Student at Baath College,Homs

Latakia 4-Aug-2011

Raji Jawabra 22 Dara Pursuing MA at the HigherInstitute for Energy Research

From his home inMazzeh, Damascus

7-Oct-2011 No known politicalactivities; sisterDana participatedin an attemptedfood relief caravanto aid the beseigedcity of Dara inMay.

MahmoudAbdulkader Ka’di

26 Homs Syrian Boxing Champion Taken from a gym inHoms where he wasworking out

June 2011 Homs CentralPrison

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Sara Khaled 22 Damascus Communications major,Damascus University; reporterfor al-Watan blogsite.

Damascus U campus 7-Dec-2011 7 male & 2 femaleStudent Unionmembers (typicallyregime proxies)chased her down& ForciblyDisappeared her.

MuhammadIbrahim Khawenda

45, b. March 15,1966

Latakia Latakia 24-Jul-2011

Ibrahim Khoulani 25. B. 1986 Daraya Student of Arabic Literature atBaath University

Daraya - stopped whileriding a car & taken in,with another person.

8-Jul-2011 Air Force Security Was detained aweek after beingshot in theshoulder by regimeagents.

Mohamad SaidKhoulani

38; married with 4little girls

Daraya Part of Daraya's longtimenonviolence movement

Daraya 19-May-2011 Air Force Security

Hadeel Kouky 20 Hasakeh;Assyrian

Student at Aleppo University Aleppo Sept 10, 2011 RELEASED byOct.2011; this washer 3rdimprisonmentduring therevolution.

Amina Maghmoma 17 Homs Student In front of Khalidia co-op, Homs

Sept. 24, 2011,11am

ForciblyDisappeared

Taken with herolder sister,Salma(see below)

Salma Maghmoma 19 Homs Mother of 2 In front of Khalidia co-op, Homs

Sept 24, 2011 ForciblyDisappeared

Taken with heryounger sisterAmina (see above)

Rebal Maghrebi 18 Student & writer Damascus 3-Nov-2011Muhammad IslamIbrahim Masalmeh

24 Dara Student Kiswa checkpoint,outskirts of Damascus

20-Sep-2011

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Shaker Masri 22; engaged to bemarried.

Daraya Computer science major. Daraya 23-Sep-2011 Air Force Security Among thosecommitted to studyof nonviolence inDaraya.

Ali Melhem 24 Mkharram partof Abu Hikfehtown, Homs;Alawitebackground

Med school grad 2011;valedictorian.

Homs Oct 19,2011 Air Force Security Regime agents setfire to his familyhome multipletimes, in a patternof harassmentagainsst him.

Feras MuhammadMandeel

19 Maarrat Noman Maarrat Noman 23-Aug-2011 Forced to appearon Syrian tv Sept24 and confess tobeing a terrorist,along w 3 otherprisoners.

OsamaMatarmawie

Approx. 21. Daraya Engaged to be married; thirdyear law student.

Daraya 25-Jun-2011 Air Force Security Participated in"dialogue"sponsored by theregime on May 18.

Jibran Murad B. 1984 Qraya, inSuwaydaprovince

4th-year law student atDamascus U

Damascus 22-Nov-2011 Imprisoned formarching in apeaceful rally todemand therelease ofclassmate YamanQadri

Karam Nabh 22 Latakia Student at the Arab Academyfor Science and Technologyand Maritime Transport

Latakia 10-Oct-2011

Basem SulaimanNakkash

14 Daraya Child; student Daraya 25-Jul-2011 Air Force Security

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Tayseer Nasser 34 Raml, Latakia Pharmacist Latakia 19-Aug-2011 Accused ofproviding medicalassistance to thewounded

Palestinian Syrian

Rudy Othman 24 DamascusKurdishbackground

Law student Damascus 27-May-2011 Charged in courtOct 8 with"weakeningnational morale" &5 other similarcharges.

Yaman Qadri 18 Damascus;momfrom Salamiyah,Homs; dad fromQalamon.

Medical Student at theUniversity of Damascus;nonviolence beliefs

Damascus 3-Nov-2011 Air ForceIntelligence(speculative)

Released Nov 26.

Yasir AdnanQashu

Douma Was performing hismandatory military service

Transferred toSednaya Prison inSeptember.

13-Aug-2011 Taken in a dawnhome raid bysecurity.

Azad MuhammadQassem

14 Damascus Child; student From his home inRukn Eldeen quarter,Damascus

7-Dec-2011 First name means"freedom" inKurdish

Aisha Raslan Tartus Homemaker Taken from theBanyas-Tartus Garage

23-Nov-2011 Held in civilianprison (not at asecurity branch)

MuhammadAhmad Razzuq

24 Hama Communications Engineer Restaurant in Hama,on Damascus AirportRoad

15-Jul-2011

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Guevar Saeed 30 Salamiya,Homs

Store Owner Jaramana, Damascus 27-Aug-2011 Security stormedhis store inJaramana,Damascus.Charged in courtNov 17 with"conspiring to forman organization tochange the natureof the state."

Annas Sahen 28 Damascus Arabic teacher; writer Sarouja Market,Damascus

5-Oct-2011 ForciblyDisappeared with2 friends (seeabove & below),Alaa Akhras &Husam Uzayel

Zaher Saleh Salamiya,Homs

Lawyer Salamiyah, Homs Sept. 29, 2011 Air Force Security

Ramez Salepi Damascus Damascus Early August Held in Adra Men'sPrison, Damascus

Anees Salloum 27 3rd-year student; geographymajor

Suwayda 11-Nov-2011 Military Security ofSuwayda

Samawel "Samo"Sawmi

19 Qamishlo 1st-year mechanicalengineerin student, AleppoUniversity

Aleppo 30-Nov-2011 Was attempting tofilm studentdocumentary onfuel shortages inSyria,with friendGeorge Bahno(above)

Assyrian HumanRights Networkissued statementon his behalf

Nayif Samir 22 English lit major, DamascusUniversity

Damascus Universitycampus

29-Nov-2011

Manar Sawwah 19. B. March 4,1992

Hama Student at Baath University,Homs

Hama,home raid Nov.24,2011

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Nawal Shaheen 30 Damascus;Golan origins

Activist At Syrian-Lebaneseborder checkpointwhile trying to return toDamascus.

Oct 27,2011 Transferred toprison inDamascus &brought up oncharges of"insulting thepresident of theRepublic"

Jimmy Shahinian 27 Raqqa;Armenianbackground

Activist Damascus 5-Dec-2011 Held in solitaryconfinement;reported to be heldstripped ofclothing, in sub-zero cell.

Suroor AliShakhmoos

33 Ras al-Ayn Student of English Lit inDamascus

Damascus 18-Aug-2011

Ali Shihab 14 Daraya Child Daraya 14-Aug-2011 Air Force SecurityAbeer Shrewatly 25 Homs Homemaker Homs Sept. 21, 2011 Forcibly

Disappeared withher sons, HaythamItqa,age 5, &Muhammad Itqa,age 3.

Anas Shughri 23 Bayda Student Banyas 15-May-2011 High risk of torture.Anas was first tolead nonviolentrallies in Banyas,calling, "People!Whoever wantsfreedom, comewith me. Whoeverdoesn't, go home."

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Majd Shujae 23 Suwayda 3rd year engineering studentat Damascus University

Damascus 21-Nov-2011 Beaten by regimeagents the sameday his classmate,Yaman Qadri, wasbeaten, on Nov.3

Maan Shurbaji Born 1972;married & father of5 young children

Daraya Works in hardware/homedecor store

Daraya 6-Sep-2011 Air Force Security Brother to Yahya(see below).Concerns that heis being tortured(because it wouldbacklash to torturepopular publicfigure YahyaShurbaji directly).

Yahya Shurbaji 32 Daraya Nonviolence activist known as"the man with the roses" forbringing flowers for soldierssent to suppress Darayaprotesters

Daraya 6-Sep-2011 Air Force Security Nonviolencemovementvisionary.

Abdul-Akraim Siqa 67 Daraya Religious Scholar Daraya; taken in raidon his home

15-Jul-2011 Air Force Security

Hiba Fuad Souss Jabla, Latakia Homemaker Jabla, Latakia On or before Nov.29, 2011

ForciblyDisappeared byregime agentsand/or regimeproxies (thugsarmed by regime,known as shabiha)

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Dr. Jamal Tahan Aleppo Writer, Intellectual, Editor,Lecturer

Aleppo 19-Jul-2011 Air Force Security Was recoveringfrom surgery whentaken intodetention.

Fateh Tamer 22 Salamiyah,Homs

Pharmacy major,4th year,Damascus University

Damascus Universitycampus

Nov 29, 2011,around noon

Najati Tayara 67 Homs Lawyer, Human Rights Activist Homs 12-May-2011

Aisha AswadTowba

Tartus Homemaker Tartus 27-Oct-2011 Imprisoned withher child,AbdulQader Badra

Husam Uzayel 23, b. July 13,1988

Damascus Poet, Third-Year EconomicsStudent

Saruja market,Damascus

5-Oct-2011 ForciblyDisappeared with2 friends (seeabove), AlaaAkhras & AnnasSahen

Abboud Wadh Latakia Latakia 18-Nov-2011 Friendsmaintaining his FBsolidarity page arebeing intimidatedby regime withthreats that he isbeing tortured fortheir FB supportactivity on hisbehalf.

Mudar MuhammadYaseen

19; b.Sept. 4, 1992 Jisreen,Ghuta,DamascusCountryside

Student at the Fateh IslamicInstitute

From a phone store inDamascus

28-Oct-2011 Some reports havehim with MilitarySecurity whileothers have himwith Air ForceSecurity

Reportedly takenfor having insultingpictures of thepresident on hisphone.

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks

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Hanadi Zahlout 29 Coastal Syria;Alawitebackground

Social justice activist;women's rights advocate;children's rights advocate

Damascus 4-Aug-2011 Charged in courtOct 8 with"weakeningnational morale" &5 other similarcharges.

Bushra Zain 21 Homs Student Near Hitteen School,Homs

3-Oct-2011 ForciblyDisappeared froma yellow cab

Alwan Zeater 34 Raqqa Journalist February,2011 Military Court,Aleppo

Returned fromcovering events inLibya & imprisonedfor allegedlymeeting Syrianoppositioniststhere.

Ahmad Ziada 26 Daraya Student at DamascusUniversity; economics major

Daraya,stopped whiledriving

15-Nov-2011 Air Force Security

Mazen Ziada 43;married w 4children,incl 5-month-old baby girl

Daraya Works at olive oil warehouse Dara'a 6-Sep-2011 Air Force Security Part of Daraya'snonviolencemovement

Hundi Zoukani 25 Namar,Dara Physics major at DamascusUniversity; Internet activist

Damascus June 6,2011 Political Security Charged withdisseminating falseinformation thatdamages theeminence of thestate.

Name

Age From Occupation/Institution/Major

Location of Detention Date of Detention Responsible Party

Remarks