Police Stations and Public Prosecution in Latakia Refuse to Accept Complaint Against Fadi Saqr
April 21, 2025, 2:28 pm

Police Stations and Public Prosecution in Latakia Refuse to Accept Complaint Against Fadi Saqr

مخافر الشرطة والنيابة العامة في اللاذقية يرفض استقبال شكوى ضد فادي صقر

In a painful incident that reflects the obscurity of justice issues in Syria, several police stations and the public prosecution office in Latakia refused on Wednesday to accept the complaint of the father of martyr Ahmad Zakariya against Fadi Malek Ahmad, known as "Fadi Saqr."

In a statement to "Zaman al-Wasl," the father of martyr Zakariya said: "I first went to the Sheikh Daher police station, but they refused to accept the complaint on the grounds that it required legal evidence that I could not provide.

" However, Ahmad's father did not give up and proceeded to the Saliba police station, where he faced the same situation, adding: "When I tried to submit a request to the public prosecution, they asked me to prove that Fadi Saqr was the one who kidnapped and killed my son! Is it reasonable that I need to prove what is obvious?! All I ask is for the case to be investigated, to determine my son's fate, and to arrest the war criminal Fadi Saqr, the commander of the National Defense."

The events of this tragic story date back to 2013 when Ahmad Zakariya was arrested in Latakia, where he was forcibly disappeared by Fadi Saqr. Later, his image appeared in National Defense files, with his family confirming that he was killed under torture.

The father of the martyr provided the newspaper with a copy of the complaint letter, noting that "Zaman al-Wasl" would later publish audio recordings and additional documentation related to the complaint to highlight the ongoing injustice suffered by many families of victims in Syria.

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