SOS Children’s Villages International has acknowledged that more than 140 children were taken to its facilities by Syrian security services, amid scrutiny of the charity’s role in cases involving children described as having disappeared.
The organisation has withheld a report concerning its involvement. The available information does not specify when the children were taken, which facilities were involved or why the report has not been released.
The acknowledgement links the charity’s facilities to actions by Syrian security services involving more than 140 children. However, no further details have been provided about the children’s circumstances, their identities or what happened to them after they were taken to the facilities.
The charity’s decision not to publish the report leaves its full findings and conclusions unclear. No further response or timetable for releasing the document has been provided in the available material.
