Science for Human Rights
Tariq Ziad Abd al-Qadr (27)
Reported place of arrest: Homs governorate
Reported date of arrest: 29 April
Reported date of delivery of body: 16 June
Observations on corpse: Pathologist video observation: Injuries to hands and feet consistent with burns, likewise are the brown, elongated injuries. Some injuries consistent with electrical injury. On left side of chest some well circumscribed, huge defects.
Details: One of the most disturbing video clips of corpses seen by Amnesty International is that of Tariq Ziad Abd al-Qadr. According to a voice on the clip, he was arrested on 29 April and his body was returned to his family on 16 June. In what appears to be the inside of a home, an unidentified individual analyses the injuries seen on the body and their possible causes in a calm and methodical manner while hands in surgical gloves indicate their position. The individual points to: the head, from which hair seems to have been pulled out; marks to the neck and to the penis, which he says were caused by electric shocks; an apparent cigarette burn on the shoulder; signs of whipping on the shoulders; stab wounds on the side of his torso; and burns on the arms, hands, legs, the sole of one foot and waist. A short document is displayed in the video which is said to be from the National Hospital and to state that the cause of death was being “shot in the chest”. The people filming the body show how the chest does not appear to carry signs of any bullet wounds. Read the full report
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Tariq Ziad Abd al-Qadr (27)
Reported place of arrest: Homs governorate
Reported date of arrest: 29 April
Reported date of delivery of body: 16 June
Observations on corpse: Pathologist video observation: Injuries to hands and feet consistent with burns, likewise are the brown, elongated injuries. Some injuries consistent with electrical injury. On left side of chest some well circumscribed, huge defects.
Details: One of the most disturbing video clips of corpses seen by Amnesty International is that of Tariq Ziad Abd al-Qadr. According to a voice on the clip, he was arrested on 29 April and his body was returned to his family on 16 June. In what appears to be the inside of a home, an unidentified individual analyses the injuries seen on the body and their possible causes in a calm and methodical manner while hands in surgical gloves indicate their position. The individual points to: the head, from which hair seems to have been pulled out; marks to the neck and to the penis, which he says were caused by electric shocks; an apparent cigarette burn on the shoulder; signs of whipping on the shoulders; stab wounds on the side of his torso; and burns on the arms, hands, legs, the sole of one foot and waist. A short document is displayed in the video which is said to be from the National Hospital and to state that the cause of death was being “shot in the chest”. The people filming the body show how the chest does not appear to carry signs of any bullet wounds. Read the full report
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Location on map is approximate.