The Syrian Council for Human Rights on Thursday reported that Shibli al-Ayssami—a leading Syrian opposition member—went missing Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a relative of Ayssami told NOW Lebanon that he went missing after going on a walk Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in Aley. The source added that Ayssami had arrived in Lebanon on May 19.
The Syrian Council for Human Rights also said that despite numerous attempts to contact Lebanese figures about the disappearance, his whereabouts remain unknown.
The council called on Lebanese authorities to reveal the fate of Ayssami and release him if he is detained.
The council also slammed the position of the pro-Syrian parties in Lebanon and called on them to stop kidnapping Syrian citizens and handing them to Syrian authorities, according to the report.
Ayssami is one of the original founders of the Syrian Baath Party and escaped Syria when Hafez al-Assad, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s father, took power in 1970.
More than 1000 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested since the pro-democracy protests began in Syria mid-March, rights groups have said.
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