They denied a report by the Lebanese Institute for Democracy and
Human Rights of Aisamy’s death in a prison in the neighborhood of Mezzeh in Damascus , run by air force intelligence, 12 days after he
was kidnapped in Lebanon
Aisamy, who served as Syrian vice president in the 1960s, went
missing from Aley in May of last year.
In the statement, Aisamy’s grandson, Amer Sharafeddine said, “We
have certain information that someone saw him around a month ago in Mezzeh.
This refutes the report.”
“The information came from a high-ranking officer who defected
from the Syrian regime,” he added.
“We have contacted the head of the institute [that issued the
statement] but have yet to confirm the accuracy of the report,” he said.
Raja Sharafeddine, Aisamy’s daughter, said “what’s certain for
us is that the Syrian regime is the only party responsible, whether he is alive
or dead. It’s responsible in either case. As long the regime agreed to Kofi
Annan’s plan, let them release or reveal his fate.”
Aley MP Akram Shehayeb, who is from the Progressive Socialist
Party and has been following the case since last year, neither confirmed nor
denied the reports.
“The Syrian regime is responsible for Aisamy, dead or alive,” he
said.
For his part, Chouf MP Marwan Hamade said Aisamy’s death, if
proven, would result in judicial action.
“We hope that the news of the assassination of
Shibli Aisamy in the prisons of the Syrian regime is not confirmed, so that we
and his family and all concerned don’t have to press charges against those involved,
who are members of the judiciary and the embassy of the so-called sister state
for the crime of kidnapping and murder,” he said.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Apr-05/169299-family-denies-report-of-syrian-dissidents-death.ashx#axzz1r6Ggh5WO
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