Kurdish detainee, Riad Ahmad Khalil has died in prison in Syria

The Media Institute of Western Kurdistan Society,  the Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD and the Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria – DAD  report that Riad Ahmad Khalil, born 1968, from Afrin in the province of Aleppo, died in mysterious circumstances on 28 August 2010 whilst in the detention of by Syrian security services. Riad Ahmed Khalil was arrested with his two sons, Ahmad and Damhat, about two months ago by the Political Security branch in Aleppo.

According to information received, the security authorities reported that Riad Ahmad Khalil died on 28 August 2010 due to internal bleeding in the stomach. His close family said that he was not suffering from any symptoms of life-threatening diseases, or health problems. Read more