kl:08,45 09|08|2012 Sawtalkurd
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 Tuesday, August 7, 2012, by Assad forces reached more than 263, among them 28 children, 10 women, and 8 people were killed under torture. Of the fallen heroes, there were 83 in Aleppo, 56 in Damascus and Damascus Suburbs, 15 in Idlib, 40 in Homs, 10 in Deir EzZor, 34 in Daraa, 18 in Hama, 6 in Lattakia, and one in Banyas, 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:
Homs
Motasem Al-Aatar, a child – Qusair
Qassem Abo Shaffeh, a child – Deir Baalba
Malak Abo Shaffeh, a child – Deir Baalba
Alaa Abo Shaffeh, a child – Deir Baalba
Ahmad Thakoor Kanaan, a child – Deir Baalba
Duaa Thakoor Kanaan, a child – Deir Baalba
Imad Abdullah Kanaan, a child – Deir Baalba
Amin Fawaz Yaseem, a child – Deir Baalba
Asraa Al-Ashtar, a child – Rastan
Moussa Al-Ashtar, a child – Rastan
Abdelaziz Al-Ashtar, a child – Rastan
Adiba Al-Ashtar, 7 – Rastan
Muhammad Fawaz Al-Yaseen – Deir Baalba
Adiba Al-Ashtar, 70 – Rastan
Fahd Al-Shalabi Al-Faoori – Zahera
Ahmad Al-Mustafa – Jandar
Ammar Bakkar – Ter Maaleh
Ahmad Al-Nasser – Jandar
Muhammad Hajouz – Jandar
Riyad Abdelhalim Al-Rifai – Jobar
Kheder Al-Khalid – Jandar
Mtanos Al-Hajleh – Jandar
Mtanos Mikhael – Jandar
Salim Qassab – Hasyaa
Bassam Taqla – Aalyat
Mikhael Taqla – Aalyat
Josef Taqla – Aalyat
Jerjes Taqla – Aalyat
Mahmoud Deeb Balout – Qusair – Aatifya
Bassel Abdelrahman Khattab – Rastan
Muhammad Abdelrahman Khattab – Rastan
Fawza Khattab – Rastan
Mahmoud Ayman Al-Ashtar, a child – Rastan
Obaida Al-Ahmad – Khaldiyeh
Haytham Mattar – Rastan
5 unidentified people – Jnadar
Damascus and Damascus Sububrs
Muhammad Waseen Al-Najjar (Abo Hamza) – Jobar
Muhammad Aid Sekkar (Abo Ziad) – Jobar
Nidal Kaadan – Jobar
Muhammad Aataya (Abo Yaseen) – Jobar
Muhammad Issam Jdeba – Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Zaher Al-Hamwi – Qaboun
Nour Ahmad Dafdaa, a child – Kafarbatna
Badr Al-Deen Dafdaa, a child – Kafarbatna
Ammar Dafdaa – Kafarbatna
Issam Dafadaa – Kafarbatna
Imad Darkhabani, a child – Kafarbatna
Bashar Al-Namo – Kafarbatna
Ahmad Al-Aghwani – Kafarbatna
Adnan Mahrous Darwi – Jisreen
Hasan Al-Taweel – Jisreen
Muhammad Hasan Al-Taweel – Jisreen
Saeed Muhammad Darbal – Jisreen
Anas Majed Al-Shamaa – Jisreen
Mahmoud Salah Rabee – Jisreen
Modrek Al-Khateeb – Jisreen
Muhammad Kheir Reehan – Jisreen
Louay Modrek Al-Khatib (Modrek’s son) – Jisreen
Nassar Ash’oush – Jisreen
Bassam Rabee – Jisreen
Zaher Baydoon (Abo Fahd) – Arbeen
Muhammad Al-Najjar – Qutaifeh
Muhammad Al-Husni – Aatiba
Alaa Shakker – Aatiba
Amin Nasr – Aatiba
Ahmad Diab – Aatiba
Jumaa Diab – Aatiba
Ahmad Issa – Sabina
Subhi Eyoun Al-Omar, 20 – Douma
Khalil Taama Al-Omar, 18 – Douma
Muhammad Abdelhaq – Douma
Yousef Khalid Al-Hallaq (Abo Hisham) – Mleha
Ali Farres Al-Darkhabani, 14 – Mleha
Muhammad Talal Ibrahim – Mleha
7 unidentified people – Kafarbatna
5 unidentified people – Nahr Isha
2 unidentified people, executed by the regime army – Moadamiyeh
Aleppo
Noura Mustafa, 26 – Shaar
Wael Othman Ibn Hussein, 30, father of 3 – Myaser
Laila Dergham Teet, 22 – Byanon
Mouna Dergham Teet, 10 – Byanon
Shaza Hajj Hasan, 20 – Byanon
Radwan Aalo Al-Sakran – Tal Rifaat
2 unidentified people – Tareeq Shaqeef
Unidentified person – Shaar
Abdo Marwan Damouk – Tal Rifaat
Yasser Abdelkarim Aalito – Tal Rifaat
Muhammad Habash Ghattas, 34 – Seif Al-Dawla
Ahmad Habash Ghattas, 32 – Seif Al-Dawla
Osama Habash Ghattas, 27 – Seif Al-Dawla
Hamza Muhammad Shaheen, 35, father of 2 – Seif Al-Dawla
Muhammad Zaher Dandal – Tal Rifaat
Mahmoud Hussein Badawi – Fardous
Faisal Ahmad Badawi – Fardous
Zuher Bin Ahmad (Abo Qous), 64 – Seif Al-Dawla
Alaa Hasan Tamro Al-Zeitouni – Bab
Abdelhamid Yasser – Sadd Al-Loz
2 unidentified people – Sakhour
Omar Hajj Hamoud – Jina
Rabeea Ahmad Sanoun – Kafar Karmin
Mahmoud Suleiman Al-Farhoudi – Sakhour
Omar Al-Qarsali – Manbej
Ahmad Zaraa’s daughter, 14 – Kallaseh
10 unidentified people, executed by the regime army and were found handcuffed in the Air Force Intelligence branch
45 unidentified people, killed by the regime army, and some were found handcuffed in the University Hospital morgue
Daraa
Aasem Thyab Al-Aawad Al-Kasour Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Qassem Muhammad Al-Zoukani Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Anas Abdellatif – Taseel
Unidentified person – Inkhel
Naima Ahmad Abo Dayes – Tafas
Osame Mwafaq Al-Rashdan – Tafas
Khalid Al-Aadeel Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Unidentified person – Basr Al-Harir
Issa Ismail Qutaifan – Arbaeen neighborhood
Thyab Mofdi Qutaifan – Arbaeen neighborhood
Ahmad Marwan Al-Asfar – Arbaeen neighborhood
Wael Ali Al-Mafaalani – Naheta
Majdi Al-JAbr – Naheta
Ammad Jado Al-Zoubi, 27 – Kutaiba
Abdullah Al-Mnawer Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Yahya Al-Abdo Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Abdullah Nawaf Al-Nassar – Nimr
Ahmad Wasef Al-Zoubi – Mleha Al-Sharqiyeh
Aid Hasan Al-Tarshan Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Mounira Al-Tarshan Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Aid Hasan Al-Hariri’s son, a child – Basr Al-Harir
Safwan Hasan Al-Hamidiyeh Al-Aalyan Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Safwan Hasan Al-Hamidiyeh Al-Hariri’s wife – Basr Al-Harir
Warda Al-Aalyan Al-Hariri – Basr Al-Harir
Muhammad Yousef Ghazlan, 50 – Tareeq Al-Sadd neighborhood
Abdelsattar Faisal Al-Halqi – Jassem
8 unidentified people killed under torture in the Air Force and Military Intelligence branch – Daraa
Hama
Mansour Muhammad Nasra – Salamiyeh
Ali Muhammad Jamal – Halfaya
Qaaqaa Al-Damkhali, 16 – Arbaeen neighborhood
Malek Ali Al-Izzo – Herr Bnafseh
Muhammad Hussein Al-Abdullah, 30 – Tibat Al-Imam
Huzaifa Abdelrazzaq Al-Rahmoun – Halfaya
Jihad Abeed Subhi Al-Dabaan, 20 – Jabreen
Majed Al-Hasan, killed in Ghouta, Damascus
10 unidentified people – Jerjesiya
Idlib
Ibrahim Humam Al-Sabeeh – Kafar Sajnah
Nader Yousef Harmoush – Idlib
Abdelrahman Batal – Idlib
Salwa Al-Saloum – Jabal Zawiya – Ihsem
Muhammad Malek Al-Shartah – Hass
Hasan Hussein Joulaq – Kafrouma
Muhammad Daham Al-Byoush – Kafarnabel
Unidentified person known as Al-Saqr – Tibah
Ibrahim Khalid Al-Joulaq – Kafrouma
Hussam Ali Al-Asaad – Sarjah
Muhammad Abbas Al-Asaad – Sarjah
Muhammad Marwan Batal – Idlib
Mahmoud Muhammad Watad Najjar – Ariha
Khallid Walid Al-Saloum – Heesh
Akram Al-Maheer – Benesh
Lattakia
Hanan Shahidi, 30 – Najiya village
Maeena Shakker, 52 – Tartyah
2 unidentified people – Jisr Shughout at Khan Al-Jou
Hasan Hamza, 20 – Raml Janoubi
Mahmoud Nayef Qasoumah – Karrt
Deir EzZor
Ahmad Khalid Al-Mashaal, 11 – Deir EzZor
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Jees Zakaria – Saqeraq
Khalif Al-Saleh – Saqeraq – Dwer village
Kasser Aboush – Deir EzZor
Israfeel Rajab Al-Taameh Al-Wahbi – Mayaden
Unidentified person who was publicly executed
Omar Al-Abeed Al-Haroun Al-Qaraani, killed in Homs
Tartous
Khalid Omar Airout - Banyas
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 strongly condemn and denounce the behavior of the Assad regime in carrying out the violence, killing, massacres, and crimes against humanity, in addition to the arbitrary arrests, systemic torture, rape, forced displacement, and kidnappings 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:
- Declare the failure of the UN monitors mission, instead of extending it, which shows the international community’s inability to achieve anything; declare the failure of the Arab-International Kofi Annan plan, because of the regime’s lack of commitment and Annan’s inability to deal with it; respond to the lack of commitment to the initiative by issuing more powerful and effective decisions with clearer and more time-bound executive mechanisms pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes, which has made it 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, and move to action rather than words in supporting the Free Syrian Army; 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 life 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.