Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wael Hamada and Nazem Hammadi, dubbed the Douma Four, were taken from the office of the Violations Documentation Center, a human rights monitoring group located in Douma, Syria, on December 9, 2013. Since then the human rights defenders have not been heard of.
It’s been a year, where are the #Douma4? @IslamArmy_Eng @zahran1970 @ZahranAlloush pic.twitter.com/Zm0eGOSTkL
— Douma4 (@Doumafour) 9 декабря 2014
The human rights watchdog is urging Syria’s armed opposition groups, including the Army of Islam, which exercises de facto control over Douma, to "immediately release the four human rights defenders if they are in the groups’ custody, or work toward ensuring they are released unharmed and without delay."
HRW is also calling for governments supporting these armed groups to press for the release of the activists.