Scientists and Human Rights in Syria

Appendix C
Engineers and Health Professionals Reported Detained or Imprisoned

     This appendix lists engineers and health professionals who are reported to be detained or imprisoned, but not all information about their cases could be fully verified. What information exists comes from Amnesty Internationa l, the Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria (CDF), and Middle East Watch. We believe, but have not always been able to confirm, that the individuals on this list are prisoners of conscience.

TARIF ABDELRAZZAK :  32-year-old civil engineer from Hama; reportedly arrested in May 1986 and held in Saidnaya Prison

AHMAD 'ALI 'ABDUH :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1989 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

NABIH AL-'AFIF :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1986 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

SHAIKH HASSAN 'AHD :  36-year-old engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; married with two children

KARIM AKKARI :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1986; believed to be held in Fara' Falastin detention center

JAMIL AIZOUQI :  engineer from Tartus; reportedly arrested on October 18, 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; married

NIHAD (or NIHAS) ALI :  30-year-old mechanical engineer from Tartus; reportedly arrested on November 7, 1987, and held in Latakiyya Military Prison; unmarried

MAHMUD AMER :  engineer from Homs; reportedly arrested in 1983 for suspected involvement in prohibited Ba'ath Party faction

IBRAHIM BERAQDAR :  petrochemical engineer from Homs; reportedly arrested on October 15, 1987, and held in Homs Military Prison

'ABD AL-KARIM DARWISH :  engineer; reportedly arrested in April 1986 and again in 1992 for sheltering in his house a member of a banned political party

'ISSAM DIMASHQI :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1982 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action

JAMAL SAED AL-DIN (or EDDIN ):  33-year-old civil engineer from Dar'a; reportedly arrested in April 1986 and held in Saidnaya Prison

YOUSEF DREIBATI :  agronomy engineer from Latakiyya; reportedly arrested in 1982 for suspected involvement in prohibited Ba'ath Party faction

MUHAMMAD GHANEM :  30-year-old electrical engineer from Latakiyya; reportedly arrested on October 28, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Fara' Falastin detention center

JIHAD GHANNAM :  civil aviation engineer from Latakiyya; reportedly arrested in 1983 for suspected involvement in prohibited Ba'ath Party faction

ALI HADLEH :  34-year-old engineer from Latakiyya; reportedly arrested in October 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Latakiyya Military Prison or in Saidnaya Prison; married

HAYTHAM HAMOUD :  30-year-old mechanical engineer from Tartus; reportedly arrested on October 7, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

'ABD AL-SHAIKH HASSAN :  36-year-old engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

HASSAN HAYAWI :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1982 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

SAMIR HAYYAR :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action

MAEN IBRAHIM :  32-year-old electrical engineer from Latakiyya; reportedly arrested on October 28, 1987, and held in Fara' Falastin detention center

KASSIR 'ID :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1982 for suspected involvement in prohibited Ba'ath Party faction

MA'EN JAMOUS :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 and held at Fara' Falastin detention center

BASSAM AL-JUM'AH :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

NA'EL KABAKH :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

AHMAD KALAJI :  38-year-old engineer from Qataifa near Damascus; reportedly arrested in November 1980 in connection with Moslem Brotherhood; also detained for one month in early 1980

ADNAN MAHFOUDH (or MAHFOUZ) :  34-year-old electrical engineer from Hama; reportedly arrested on September 1, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Tadmur Military Prison; married with one child

GHASSAN MARDINI :  42-year-old civil engineer from Damascus; reportedly arrested on December 2, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; married with two children

MUHAMMAD MA'ROUF :  37-year-old agronomy engineer from Jableh; reportedly arrested on October 5, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Fara' Falastin detention center

HASSAN MAROUF :  engineer from Tartus; reportedly arrested on October 24, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

AHMAD MASOUD :  33-year-old agronomy engineer from Hama; reportedly arrested on March 8, 1988, and held in Saidnaya Prison

JALAL MASOUD :  42-year-old agronomy engineer from Salamieh; reportedly arrested in February 1986 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

ZAFER AL-MIMAR (or MU'AMMAR ):  32-year-old agronomy engineer from Salamieh; reportedly arrested on December 20, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

YASER MOULHEM :  32-year-old agronomy engineer from Mouhazzam; reportedly arrested in January 1987 and held in Saidnaya Prison

YAHYA MOURTADA :  34-year-old engineer from Damascus; reportedly arrested on September 8, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; married

'ABD AL-KARIM MUTAWWAJ :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action

AHMAD NAJM :  35-year-old agronomy engineer from Masiaf; reportedly arrested in May 1985 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

WAFIQ NUQARI :  35-year-old civil engineer from Homs; reportedly arrested on October 10, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

IBRAHIM BIN QADDAR :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action

ALI QADOUR :  engineer from Aleppo; reportedly arrested on August 24, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Fara' Falastin detention center

AHMAD QASSAB :  35-year-old agronomy engineer from Jableh; reportedly arrested on October 10, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

GHASSAN RA'IS QAYS :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

JOUM'A AL-RASHED :  39-year-old civil engineer from Der el-Zor; re

portedly arrested on October 28, 1980, for suspected involvement in Nasserist political party; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; married with one child; may have been released

TARIF 'ABD AL-RAZZAQ :  32-year-old engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

BARAKAT SALIM :  35-year-old agronomy engineer from Latakiyya; arrested on December 22, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison; married with three children

HASSAN (or AKRAM) SE'EWI :  35-year-old agronomy engineer from Mayadin; reportedly arrested in March 1982 and held in Saidnaya Prison

MOUNIR SHA'BO :  29-year-old mechanical engineer from Latakiyya; reportedly arrested on October 17, 1987, for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Fara' Falastin or Military Interrogation Branch detention center

KEMAL SHARIF :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

HASSAN 'AHD AL-SHEIKH :  35-year-old engineer from Masiaf; reportedly arrested on September 12, 1987, and held in Saidnaya Prison; married with two children

GHABI SHI'BOU :  45-year-old engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

DAOWD SHIHADEH :  engineer from Deir al-Zor; reportedly arrested in 1991 for suspected involvement with prohibited Arab Socialist Unity Party, a Nasserite political group, and for opposition to Gulf war.

MUHAMMAD AL-SIBA'I :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1987 for suspected involvement in prohibited Party for Communist Action; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

FAWWAZ WANOUS :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1986 for suspected involvement in prohibited Ba'ath Party faction

JAMAL YANES :  engineer; reportedly arrested in 1992 for suspected support of CDF; held in Saidnaya Prison

WA'IL ZAHRAWI :  37-year-old engineer from Homs; reportedly arrested on March 26, 1989, and held in Saidnaya Prison; married with one child

KHULUD AL-'ABDALLAH :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Damascus following 1-day national strike

TAHSIN AL-'ABDALLAH :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike; may have been released in 1991

SHAM ZAIN AL-'ABIDIN :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1-day national strike

MUHAMMAD 'AFISSA :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1-day national strike

'ABD AL-BARI AL-AKHRAS :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 following 1-day strike

HISHAM 'ARNA'UT :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

DR. 'ASSAF :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

'ABD AL-'AZIZ 'ATTURA :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike

MUWAFFAQ 'AYYASH :  39-year-old health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

NIMR BARAZI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

AHMAD FADHIL AL-BASH :  health professional; reportedly arrested in 1986 for suspected membership in banned party

KAMAL KABA DAR :  37-year-old health professional; believed to have been arrested between 1980 and 1982 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

RA'D DHOWEHI :  37-year-old veterinarian from Mayadin; reportedly arrested in March 1982; held in Saidnaya Prison

MUSTAFA FARJI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

'ABD AL-FATTAH :  63-year-old health professional; reportedly arrested in 1980 for suspected membership in a banned party

FU'AD FI'AWI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

'ABD AL-MAJID GHAZAL :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

MUHAMMAD 'ALI GHAZAL :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

BASSIS FAWWAZ AL-HAJ :  33-year-old health professional; reportedly arrested in 1989

FAWWAZ BASSIS HAMOUDA :  32-year-old medical technician from Deir el-Zor; reportedly arrested on February 27, 1989, and held in Saidnaya Prison; unmarried

AHMAD HAZIFA :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Tartus following 1-day national strike

HABIB IBRAHIM :  health professional from al-Hasakeh; reportedly arrested on December 10, 1987, for suspected membership in a banned party; believed to be held in Saidnaya Prison

MARWAN AL-IDLIBI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in Damascus in 1980-1982 following 1-day national strike

RADWAN 'IQRIN :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

HUSSEIN JOUM'A 'ISSA :  33-year-old health professional from Qunaitra; reportedly arrested on February 15, 1988, for suspected membership in a banned party; held in Saidnaya Prison

HUSAIN JARRAH :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

NADIM JAWDA :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

SALIH AL-KHOJA :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Damascus following 1-day national strike; may have been released in 1991

ADIB KIRDAWI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

'ABD AL-RAHMAN KITTANJI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

WALID MA'MAR :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike

NAJI MUHABEK :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike; reportedly held in Saidnaya Prison

JAMAL RADHWAN :  anesthetist from Qunaitra: reportedly arrested on September 12, 1987, and held in Saidnaya Prison; married with two children

'ARFAN RASHIDQI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike

BASHIR SAIFU :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Damascus following 1-day national strike

TAISIR SAMSAM :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Hama following 1-day national strike

MUHAMMAD ZAKARIYYA SAQQAL :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Aleppo following 1-day national strike; may have been released in 1991

'ABD AL-'AZIZ 'ABD AL-QADIR SAWWAN :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike

RIAD 'ABD AL-QADIR SAWWAN :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike

SA'ID SHAKIR :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1-day national strike; may have been released in 1991

'ABD AL-QADIR SHALLAT :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike

KHADR AL-SUTARI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Homs following 1-day national strike; may have been released in 1991

'ABD AL-RAHMAN TUTU :  39-year-old health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Idlib following 1-day national strike; married; may have been released in 1991

HUSAM 'UTHMAN :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Tartus following 1-day national strike

MAJID 'UTHMANI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Latakiyya following 1-day national strike

'ABD AL-FATTAH AL-WADI :  health professional; believed to have been arrested in 1980 in Homs following 1-day national strike