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<p>I condemn the Asad regime’s arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and mistreatment
of tens of thousands of Syrians and call for the release of all those arbitrarily
detained, especially women and children, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolutions
2254 and 2268.</p><p>I fully support calls for access for independent monitors to
all places of detention in Syria, including the regime’s notorious Saydnaya prison.
The Government has sought to keep international focus on this issue, particularly
via the UN. We have ensured that detention and mistreatment has featured in successive
Syria resolutions of the UN Security Council and Human Rights Council, and will continue
to do so. We also regularly raise detainee issues at the Task Forces of the International
Syria Support Group in Geneva.</p>
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