Sawtalkurd “Daraa, Do Not Mourn for God is on Our Side” Friday
Today, with great concern and condemnation, we received reports of continued killings, torture, arbitrary detentions, abductions, forced displacements and massacres using heavy weapons, armored vehicles, helicopters, and terrorist bombings by Assad militias, in addition to committing systematic and widespread violations of human rights against Syrian citizens. These violations are a flagrant deprivation of the Syrian people’s right to life, freedom of expression, peaceful demonstrating, while being subjected to arbitrary arrest, torture, forced displacement, and systemic destruction of some cities, neighborhoods, and historic sites. In addition to destroying and burning homes, forests, and crops to express barbarism, brutality, and extreme violence through shelling using artillery, heavy weapons, and helicopters to face the legitimate peaceful protests right in front of the entire world.
The number of those killed on Friday, August 24, 2012, by Assad forces reached more than 216, among them 25 children, 31 women, one media activist, and one killed under torture. Of the fallen heroes, there were 64 in Damascus and Damascus Suburbs, 47 in Deir EzZor, 30 in Daraa, 29 in Aleppo, 25 in Idlib, 10 in Hama, 5 in Lattakia, 3 in Homs, and 2 an Quneitra, not to mention tens of injured civilians, along with widespread arbitrary detention campaigns.
Here are the names of some of those who were killed and identified:
Idlib
Fahd Absi Al-Khalil – Kansafra
Maryan Al-Qarrat – Kansafra
Muhammad Hamdo’s 2 daughters – Kansafra
Bara’aa Muhammad Al-Hamdo – Kansafra
Huda Mustafa – Kansafra
Ahmad Mando Al-Hallaq – Kansafra
Mustafa Amer Khabbaz – Areeha
Abdelhamid Walid Mareani – Areeha
Arwa Murshed Bazmawi – Areeha
Muhammad Talja – Areeha
Mahmoud Al-Hamwi – Areeha
Louay Al-Qassem – Jabal Zawiya – Bazabor
Hussein Muhammad Maher – Sarmin
Talal Mahmoud Al-Sharif, 33 – Maarshamarin
Talal Mahmoud Al-Shrif’s two little girls – Maarshamarin
Ahmad Muhammad Al-Sheikh, 65 – Maarshamarin
Ahmad Muhammad Al-Sheikh’s wife – Maarshamarin
Ahmad Ismail Al-Khalid, 45 – Maarshamarin
2 unidentified people – Maarshamarin
Abdullah Abdelrahman Naous – Maaret Al-Nouman
Muhammad Abdelkarim Salama, 16 – Habeet
Ahmad Daadoush – Maaret Masrin
Hama
Abdelmonem Abdelrazzaq Al-Sawtal – Tremseh
Othman Abdelnabi – Sabouniyeh
Abdelaziz Baqbaq – Hama
Muhammad Ali Al-Qatmoush (Abo Saeed) – Qastoun
Zaher Hassan Al-Sarihini – Halfaya
Muhammad Hasan Al-Hasan – Halfaya
2 unidentified people – Halfaya
Muhammad Shahla – Hama
Daraa
Nashaat Muhammad Al-Salamat, by public execution – Hrak
Nidal Abdelatif Al-Salamat, by public execution – Hrak
Yousef Suleiman Mafaalani, 80, by public execution – Hrak
Yakoub Yousef Suleiman Al-Mafaalani, by public execution – Hrak
Sayyed Rasmi Al-Qaddah – Hrak
Mare’e Hasam Al-Othman Al-Salamat – Hrak
Muhammad Salah Al-Manoukh Al-Hariri – Hrak
Rama Moussa Ghazlan, 11 – Daeel
Ayat Moussa Ghazlan, 5 – Daeel
Zakaria Moussa Shehadat – Daeel
Safaa Muhammad Iqbal, 10 – Daeel
Khalid Mashaal Abo Jaish, 9 – Daeel
Sami Kareem Al-Shehadat – Daeel
Maher Kayed Al-Shehadat – Daeel
Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Share’e – Daeel
Rami Shehadeh Ibrahim Al-Jamous – Daeel
Bilal Abdelfattah Al-Farwan – Inkhel
Saeed Hamid Rahil – Inkhel
Ali Al-Abdullah Al-Awad – Lajah – Shoumara
Moussa Awad Abaziad – Daraa-Balad
Shadi Samih Al-Reeshan, 35 – Izraa
Muhammad Khalid Hilal – Tal Shehab
5 unidentified people – Hrak
Ahmad Abdelrahman Al-Rifai – Naseeb
Fadi Muhammad Balbees – Nawa
Muhammad Yaseen Al-Zamel – Hrak
Damascus and Damascus Suburbs
Ahmad Omar Hamoudeh – Nahr Esha
Yasser Ahmad Al-Daas – Nahr Esha
Khalid Al-Khouli – Qadam
Hasam Abo Al-Burgul – Midan
Anas Bashir Abo Bakr – Daraya
Ossama Shehadeh – Daraya
Fahd Al-Abbar – Daraya
Abdelrahman Al-Khatib, a child – Daraya
Abdo Al-Khatib, a child – Daraya
Adnan Khalid Habib (Abo Haytham) – Daraya
Mustafa Al-Masri (Abo Rifaat) – Daraya
Muhammad Khoulani (Abo Hussein) – Daraya
Raafat Zarda – Daraya
Maan Zarda – Daraya
Randa Rajab – Daraya
Muhanad Rajab – Daraya
Iyad Raqqo – Daraya
Firas Al-Kishk – Daraya
Muhammad Al-Kishk – Daraya
Muhammad Deeb Awdah Zakhour – Daraya
Bassel Abo Al-Laban – Daraya
Addel Al-Abbar Al-Omar, 10 – Daraya
Nader Taha Abo Muhammad, 32 – Daraya
Ahmad Namoura, 23 – Daraya
Ibrahim Namoura, 21 – Daraya
Ziad Haidar – Daraya
Ghassan Khoulani Abo Saleh – Daraya
Imam Mustafa Al-Masri (Abo Rafaat) – Daraya
Jamal Al-Balsha – Daraya
Malak Abo Al-Hawa – Daraya
Abo Nidal Qadra – Daraya
Fouad Balalah – Douma
Shaher Hamoud – Douma
Adnan Al-Masri – Douma
Khalid Abdelmalek (Abo Abdo) – Douma
Hasan Abdelmalek – Douma
Kassem Abdelmalek, a child – Douma
Ayman Abdelmalek – Douma
Muhammad Abdelmalek – Douma
Bade’ea Yahya Al-Soufi – Douma
Maher Hamada, a child – Douma
Muhanad Hamada – Douma
Imad Al-Masri – Douma
Bilal Makiya, a child – Douma
Sayyah Makiya, Bilal’s father – Douma
Younes Khabiya – Douma
Omar Salam – Douma
Maha Taama – Douma
Muhammad Rasheed Abdelaziz Al-Khanshour, b. 1959 – Douma
Unidentified woman – Douma
Unidentified person – Moadamiya
Mustafa Kayed – Qeesa
Mamdouh Ahmad Yousef Jamil – Qeesa
Khalil Dirar Saleh – Al-Tal
Adham Abdelnasser Abdelwahab Saleh – Al-Tal
Radwan Khalifa – Al-Tal
5 unidentified people – Nahr Esha
3 unidentified people – Sabina
Deir EzZor
Ismail Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Iman Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Ahmad Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Waad Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Zakia Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Kawthar Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Mohsen Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Ibtisam Al-Turki, wife of Fawaz Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Zakia Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Sanaa Al-Ahmad – Mayadeen
Sabah Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Badi Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Mohsen Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Manal Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Muhammad Abdelrazzaq Al-Dakak – Mayadeen
Jawhara Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Thamer Al-Kamour – Deir EzZor
Sajiya Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Rimas Mahmoud Al-Bakr – Mayadeen
Unidentified woman – Mayadeen
Unidentified child – Mayadeen
Hamoud Abdelrazzaq Al-Zahri – Mayadeen
Mustafa Abdelabed – Dahla
Ibraim Attallah Al-Kassar – Bokamal
Hasan Othman Al-Saleh – Mayadeen
Adnan Neweji – Deir EzZor
Ahmad Aatiya Al-Abboud – Deir EzZor
Ali Sharida – Basira
18 unidentified people – Mayadeen
Aleppo
Bashir Khayatta, father of 8 – Aleppo
Adnan Jarkas, 25 – Hallak neighborhood
Unidentified child, 12 – Karm Al-Jabal neighborhood
Fares Ahmad Athab – Salheen neighborhood
Talaat Muhammad, 42 – Seif Al-Dawla
Duha Faddel Hamami – Seif Al-Dawla
4 unidentified people – Bestan Al-Bash
Yasser Al-Aswad – Sheikh Kheder
Ismail Al-Khatib, a child – Shaar
Omar Shehada – Salah El-Deen
Hiba Al-Rajoub, 19 – Qabaseen
Imad Muhammad Jamal Ni’ma – Al-Bab
Hussein bin Ahmad Abdo Qassem – Mayer
Mahmoud Al-Helo, 33 – Hreitan
Muhammad Amir Haqqani, 55 – Hreitan
Khalid Ramadan Zamah, 18 – Qabtan Al-Jabal
Abdo Ahmad Zamah – Qabtan Al-Jabal
Zakaria Hussein Al-Yousef, 38 – Salah El-Deen
Hussni Hajj Ibrahim Hamdan Kanno, 19 – Izaz
Mahmoud Mustafa Samou – Ratyan
Abdo Abboudi Tahhan – Ratyan
Abdo Abdelkarim Al-Aswad – Ratyan
Adham Muhammad Shaaban, media activist – Hardtenin
Aziz Al-Zaher – Deir Haffer
Hasan Al-Zaher – Deir Haffer
Shakker Al-Abboud – Deir Haffer
Lattakia
Bashar Ahmad Aws, 36 – Jabal Al-Akrad
Ismail Deebo’s wife and son – Arafeet
3 unidentified people – Jabal Al-Akrad – Marj Al-Zawiya village
Quneitra
Abdelhadi Awad Al-Zaher, b. 1987, killed under torture – Rafeed
Homs
Waheed Yahya Zoukari – Homs
Unidentified person - Rastan
We, in the Human Right Bureau of the Syrian National Council, extend our deepest condolences to the families of the fallen heroes, wishes for the speedy recovery of those wounded, and wishes for the release of the detained. We also demand disclosing the destiny of those who are missing. We strongly condemn and denounce the behavior of the Assad regime and its loyalist forces in carrying out the violence, killing, massacres, and crimes against humanity, in addition to the arbitrary arrests, systemic torture, violating the rights of prisoners, rapes, forced displacements, kidnappings, destroying of houses and neighborhoods, and burning of crops and forests, in facing the peaceful protests and legitimate demands of the Syrian people who are expressing their desire for freedom and their legitimate rights in toppling the criminal regime that has been stripped of its legitimacy. We turn to human rights organizations, the Arab League, and the Friends of Syria, and plead with them and the rest of the free world to work immediately by pressuring the Assad regime for the purpose of achieving the following:
- Issuing more powerful and effective decisions with clearer and more time-bound executive mechanisms pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter especially after the failure of the international monitors’ mission and the Kofi Annan initiative due to the regime’s behavior and lack of commitment. It has become crucial that the Friends of Syria work outside the framework of the Security Council to help the Syrian people in protecting civilians and ousting the regime by imposing a no-fly zone and establishing safe areas and buffers to protect the Free Syrian Army, and move to action rather than words in supporting the Free Syrian Army and providing it with arms; seriously lobby with each of Iran, Russia, and China to take a more neutral position and stop their support of the criminal regime; move quickly to cover humanitarian needs of the Syrian people; aid and lift the siege off the disaster-stricken cities; expel all the regime’s diplomats and ambassadors and sever all diplomatic relations with the regime.
We also demand that the UN Security Council immediately adopts and implements the Human Rights Council’s latest decision regarding referring the file of the regime’s officials responsible for committing the crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court and compelling the regime to accept that an international investigation committee investigates the massacres. We also plead with nations to which Syrians were forced to migrate to treat the Syrian people in a humane and decent manner worthy of humans who deserve freedom and dignity. Furthermore, we invite the international community to assist those countries which are hosting Syrian refugees.