Syrian Expatriates organization announced that an American citizen, Obadiah Mzaik, are missing in Syria
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012Detroit, MI (PRWEB) January 20, 2012
Syrian Expatriates organization reports said: May 03-2012, U.S. born American citizen Mzaik Obadiah disappeared in Damascus, Syria as reported by a family member, Mr. Obadiah is . Firas Naashef in Detroit Michigan.
According to flight records
, Obadiah Mzaik left Detroit Metro Airport in January from 03 to 2012 on board Royal Jordanioan plane, RJ268 Connection flight number in Amman, Jordan RJ Flight 435 bound to Damascus, Syria. He had never seen out of immigration clearance at the Damascus airport receiving According Obadiah family in Syria.
U.S. Embassy
was immediately informed of Obadiah’s disappearance. The family tried to follow up meetings with Syrian officials and the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, but were unsuccessful encounters in providing this information applies to any historical whereabouts.
Obadiah
Mzaik 21-year-old U.S. citizen. He is building a student at Al-Yarmouk University in Damascus, Syria. He attended Fall classes at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, Michigan where he faces are also members of the family.
Syrian Expatriates
organization is upset by news of the disappearance of Mr. Obadiah Mzaik and is deeply concerned about the safety history in Syria. Over the past 10 months, several cases of U.S. citizens were arrested by Syrian authorities no official word indictment were reported.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/05/syria-arrested-blogger-razan-ghazzawi
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/26/syrians-protests-two-americans-detained_n_841074.html
Syrian Expatriates
Our organization requires the U.S. ambassador in Damascus, Mr. Robert Ford press Syrian authorities to reveal the circumstances of disappearance, Mr. Mzaik is.
The official website of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus states the following:
http://damascus.usembassy.gov/service/arrests.html
“Syria is a signatory to the Vienna Convention on consular access to prisoners, this requires police Syrian authorities to immediately notify the U.S. Embassy’s arrest aU.S. citizen, however, Syrian officials rarely, if ever, provide such. reporting even when a U.S. citizen specifically requests it. U.S. Embassy Rolley will visit every American prisoner immediately reporting the arrest is received. However, access may swear a few days delay of several weeks or until the Syrian authorities are investigating the case.
Upon learning of your arrest, a U.S. consular officer will visit you, provide a list of local lawyers, the State Department informed of your arrest and, if requested, contact family or friends in the U.S. or elsewhere. Consuls can help transfer money, food and clothing from your family and friends. They will also try to get relief if you are under inhumane or unhealthful held Conditions treated milk or less equally than others in the same situation. “
Syrian Expatriates Organization
also asks Hillary Clinton to hold the Syrian government responsible for the safety of Mr. Obadiah Mzaik and demands immediate information about historic sites, historical circumstances of the disappearance and his immediate release in accordance with international obligations and Vienna Convention.
U.S. State Departments
states on its website the following:
“Concerned relatives and friends sometimes call us when they havent heard of a loved one who is abroad. We can help pass these messages on missing Americans. consular officers use the information provided by family or friends of missing personnel to locate the individual, and pass the callers message. We check with local authorities in a foreign country to see if there is any report of an American citizen hospitalized, arrested, or otherwise can not communicate with those looking for you. Depending on the circumstances, consular officers can personally search hotels, airports, hospitals, prisons or Eve. more information on the caller It may provide, the better the chances are you can find the missing American.
We can and will monitor external conditions in prisons and allegations of abuse may protest against an American citizen prisoners asked to be. We work with prison officials to ensur treatment in accordance with internationally recognized human rights standards and to ensur that Americans be given due process under local laws. ”
http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/emergencies/emergencies_3881.html
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