The Ministry of Interior of Syria has reported the start of official investigations into the alleged torture suffered by a young man in police custody at a police station in the countryside of Latakia, in the west of the country.
The affected individual, Mohamed Ghamira, remains in a coma after spending three days detained in the police facilities of Al Haffah.
According to the complaint from his family, Ghamira, arrested for an alleged theft, was reportedly beaten repeatedly for 72 hours, despite suffering from hemophilia, a condition that prevents the body from stopping bleeding.
The family has stated to the Syrian media Enab Baladi that the agents were informed of the young man's illness. His brother, Mustafa Ghamira, claims that Mohamed left the police station with cerebral and internal bleeding and subsequently suffered three nearly consecutive cardiac arrests.
The doctors at Tishreen University Hospital in Latakia managed to resuscitate him, but have not yet been able to reverse the coma in which he has remained since this week. His condition is described as "extremely critical."
The Syrian Interior Minister, Anas Jattab, has guaranteed the immediate opening of an investigation into what happened. "Any violation or excess by elements of the Ministry of Interior will be dealt with firmly within the established legal frameworks and procedures, and any offender will receive their just punishment, whoever they may be, as soon as the investigations are completed," he stated on social media.
The current Syrian leadership, headed by former jihadist Ahmed al Shara, has reiterated since coming to power in early 2025 its intention to protect human rights, systematically violated during decades of rule by the Al Assad dynasty, in line with the demands of Damascus's international partners, led by the United States, to facilitate the full reintegration of the country after years of relative isolation during the civil war.