Question 13654 — foreign policy

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Mr. Thomas Portes draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the missing people and political prisoners in the hands of the Al-Sharaa regime. Mr. Le deputy questions the minister on the steps taken by France on this subject, given the worrying number of people missing since the assault on the Kurdish-majority autonomous region of North and East Syria in last January. Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, France has resumed a dialogue with the Syrian transitional authorities, publicly reminding that the transition cannot succeed without respect for human rights, the rule of law and due process. In this context, several organizations and collectives have warned of the persistence of arbitrary detentions and the absence of information concerning missing people. The case of journalists Ahmet Polad and Eva Maria Michelmann, whose relatives and colleagues have not heard from since January 18, 2026 in Raqqa, was the subject of public calls demanding that their fate be immediately clarified. While the ministry itself recalls that the question of the missing remains one of the major issues in contemporary Syria, the MP questions the minister on the steps diplomatic efforts undertaken by France with the transitional Syrian authorities in order to obtain information on the fate of people detained or disappeared for political reasons. Finally, he asks what initiatives France intends to take, in the European and multilateral framework, to demand the release of political prisoners, the communication of nominative lists of detained people and access for families as well as competent organizations at places of detention, as required by international standards.

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1. 17 March 2026

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