Former detainees at the horrific Saydnaya prison near Damascus said Amer had disappeared in mid-April 2015 after being tortured there.
An aerial photo shows people gathering at the Saydnaya prison in Damascus on December 9.
An Amnesty International team scoured security branches of the former regime around Damascus this week.
Regime records had registered his death in 2014, but she said she still had hope he might be alive.
“There are many detainees whose families were told they were dead but were later found to be alive,” she said.
Persons:
Bashar al, Assad, Najeeb, Amer, Amer Haj Hashem, ” Dakel, “, ”, ” Amer, Omar Haj Kadour, Mazjoub, Aya Mazjoub, ’, Aya Majzoub, Lama Saud, Abdullah, Mahmoud Al Shahabi, Hikmat, Amir, Amir Al Shahabi, Mahmoud Alshehabi Hikmat Al Shahabi, Mahmoud Alshehabi Al Shahabi, Louai Beshara, Al, Cross, Emin Sansar, –, Fadel Abulghany
Organizations:
CNN, International Commission, Facebook, Getty, Amnesty International, Honda, The, International Committee, ICRC, Al Mujtahid, United Nations, Human Rights, Amnesty, Syrian Network for Human Rights
Locations:
Syria, Idlib, Sweden, Damascus, Saydnaya, AFP, Najha, Palestine, Al Qutayfah, Al, Anadolu