The participants held up photographs of their relatives, as well as carrying banners with phrases such as “I do not want an unknown grave for my son, I want the truth” and “revealing the fate of the missing is a right.”

“For many years, we have shared the pain of loss and the uncertainty of waiting for our relatives,” Wafa Mustafa told the press on behalf of the participants, clarifying that although several detainees have been released from prison, their number remains small compared to the number of those arrested and kidnapped since 2011, which is estimated at more than 100,000 people.

In statements posted on social media, organizations have also called for information on the fate of thousands of soldiers who have disappeared in the desert between Deir Ezzor and Palmyra on the eve of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government. They have said that the issue of the missing is a cause for all Syrians, since this type of crime was committed by all sides and not just one.

The question of the fate of tens of thousands of detainees and missing persons is one of the most important issues for many Syrians. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the number of detainees and forcibly disappeared in Syria after the emptying of prisons has reached 112,414.

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