A relative of D.H., R.H., N.B. and F.A. (and who was in telephone contact with them at the time) told Amnesty International that a few days after the start of the protests, they were taken by the police to an open space used for sporting events, together with other refugees. The relative reported that once there, the refugees were beaten by police and not provided with food for two days. According to the relative, on 22 September, police brought buses and took the refugees away. Police told the refugees that they could either go back to their countries, or be “treated like an enemy of the government”. On 23 September, the relative managed to get in touch with the four refugees and learned they had been detained by police, along with others. There was no further direct contact between the refugees and their relative for days.
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