The Association of Detainees and Missing in Sednaya

The Association of Detainees and Missing in Sednaya (ADMSP; Arabic: رابطة معتقلي ومفقودي سجن صيدنايا) is a Syrian non-profit organization founded in 2017 by a coalition of survivors of Sednaya prison, victims and their families. It works to uncover the truth and achieve justice for people detained because of their opinion or political activity, and it concerns itself with the affairs of detainees and the missing in Sednaya prison. The association documents their numbers, their regions, the dates of their disappearance and the party responsible for their arrest. It also seeks to communicate with the families of the missing, provide them with moral support and convey their voice. ADMSP works to explain the cause of detainees and the missing before local and international public opinion and cooperates with local and international human rights organizations to carry out investigations into the cases of detainees and the missing in Sednaya prison. Its stated mission is justice and fairness for victims of detention, enforced disappearance and all human rights violations, and to work to ensure that the violations that occurred in the past are not repeated. Its activities include a documentation program that reveals the fate of the missing and the forcibly disappeared in Syria. Its projects and programs include the Family Center, which provides trauma rehabilitation services for survivors of torture, war, violence or any human rights violations; temporary reparation, which promotes access to compensation for Syrians who survived detention and conflict-related violence and who reside in southern Turkey; and legal documentation, which establishes a legal documentation process for survivors and the forcibly disappeared from the perspective of survivors and the families of the forcibly disappeared.

The Association of Detainees and Missing in Sednaya (ADMSP) was founded in 2017 by a coalition of survivors of Sednaya prison, victims and their families. It emerged as a survivor-led initiative to uncover the truth and achieve justice for people detained because of their opinion or political activity. The association focuses on the affairs of detainees and the missing in Sednaya prison, documenting their numbers, their regions, the dates of their disappearance and the party responsible for their arrest. It also works to communicate with the families of the missing, provide them with moral support and convey their voice. Over time, ADMSP has developed programs including the Family Center, which provides trauma rehabilitation services for survivors of torture, war, violence or any human rights violations; a temporary reparation program to promote access to compensation for Syrians who survived detention and conflict-related violence and who reside in southern Turkey; and legal documentation to establish a legal documentation process for survivors and the forcibly disappeared from the perspective of survivors and the families of the forcibly disappeared. The association also cooperates with local and international human rights organizations to carry out investigations into the cases of detainees and the missing in Sednaya prison, and it works to explain their cause before local and international public opinion.

• 2017

  The Association of Detainees and Missing in Sednaya was founded by a coalition of survivors of Sednaya prison, victims and their families.

A survivor-led Syrian human rights association documenting detention and enforced disappearance at Sednaya prison and advocating for truth, justice and reparation.

1. 1ADMSP – رابطة معتقلي ومفقودي سجن صيدناياadmsp.org
2. 2The Association of Detainees and Missing in Sednayawikidata.org