Syrian police investigator will face prosecution after detainee with hemophilia dies
Investigators said the detainee died from a cerebral hemorrhage after an interrogator slapped him during questioning, and two other officers remain under review.
- On Thursday, Syrian officials referred police investigator Ahmad Jawad to public prosecution after an internal probe confirmed he slapped detainee Mohammad Ghamira, who died from a cerebral hemorrhage despite family warnings about his hemophilia.
- Family members had warned police in Haffa that Ghamira suffered from hemophilia, a rare genetic disorder impairing blood clotting, yet the investigator struck him during detention following a theft allegation.
- Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced the findings Thursday, stating the ministry's "commitment to reaching the truth" while confirming disciplinary inquiries into other police personnel are ongoing.
- Ghamira's death sparked widespread protests across Syria, with rights groups arguing that prosecuting individual abuses is "not enough" and calling for systemic reforms to strengthen detention facility oversight.
- Accountability for this case serves as a litmus test for the new government's pledge to break from systemic abuses under former President Bashar Assad and implement a judicially supervised detention system.
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Death of Syrian detainee sparks protest and conversation about prison reform
Death of Syrian detainee sparks protest and conversation about prison reform Submitted by Munir Mohammed on Fri, 08/21/2026 - 10:30 Authorities detain police investigator who struck former White Helmets volunteer, as activists call for further progress in overhauling detention system Mohammed Ghamira, a father of two and former volunteer at the White Helmets rescue organisation, died on Sunday (Syria's Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Manage…
The Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that a police investigator had been referred to the public prosecutor's office after it was proven that he slapped a young man with hemophilia on the neck while he was in custody in the city of Al-Haffah in Latakia Governorate, before the young man later died.
The new Syria has police systems and beatings similar to the old, that of Assad. To unleash the protest is the death of Mohammad Ghamira, 29 years old: father of two children, was arrested for an alleged theft. From the police station he ended up in hospital, where he died. Ghamira was suffering from hemophilia [...] The article Syria, fallen Assad does not end the torture. Death in custody of a former White Helmet again raises the issue of poli…
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Independent EspañolDAMASCO, Syria (AP) — A police investigator who slapped a man during an interrogation despite being warned that he had hemophilia will face judicial proceedings, officials from Syria reported on Thursday.
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