Their fate is "unknown".
100 minors have disappeared after an attack in January by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) on a prison in Syria.
This Friday, independent UN experts expressed their "deep concern" about the fate of these children.
International human rights organizations said at the time that around 700 boys were detained in Ghwayran prison in the province of Hassaké (northeast), controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces and attacked by IS.
Cases of enforced disappearance
"We are extremely concerned that since the January attack, the fate and whereabouts of at least 100 of these boys remain unknown," UN experts said in a statement.
"Some may be cases of enforced disappearance."
Dozens of jihadists stormed Ghwayran prison to free their brothers in arms.
After several days of fighting and hundreds of deaths, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had regained control of the prison.
“Many boys seriously injured”
Among the minors aged between 10 and 18 held at the prison were boys who had jihadists as relatives and others who had been transferred from displacement camps housing children of jihadists.
Experts have called on the Kurdish authorities to allow humanitarian workers "full and unimpeded access to minors" still held in the prison.
“Many detained boys were seriously injured during the escape, and are not receiving the necessary treatment.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which has an extensive network of sources in war-torn Syria, a large number of detainees had fled during the assault.
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