Syria: Joint appeal – 88 of the bodies and organizations defending human rights

Joint appeal

88 of the bodies and organizations defending human rights

To stop the bloodshed in the Syrian streets

To stop all forms and sources of bloody armed violence

To stop all assassinations, abductions, and enforced disappearances

We in the bodies and organizations defending human rights and civil society, look with deep concern, condemnation, and denunciation of the dangerous and frightening developments in Syria, in light of the continued bleeding, the escalation of the situation of destructive and dangerous attrition violence to the structure of the Syrian society and its components. The absence of political solutions, the difficulty of military decision in favor of one of the parties due to military, political, regional, and international balances and their role in conflict management and control, brought with them a state of serious concern for the fate of Syria’s geography and society, and horror of real destruction and shredding of the social fabric’s unity, with a possibility of taking the effects of this tragedy toward a devastating regional war. Read more

Friday 22 March 2013

Humanitarian Support for the Kurdish region London launch

Appeal to all Kurdistani people and humanitarian organisations to support people of the Syrian Kurdish region.

Dear friends,

We would like to invite you to launch an urgent appeal to support the people affected in the Syrian Kurdish region bythe deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Therefore we are calling and appealing to you all to actively join us and contribute the best way you can. Read more

Friday 4 January 2013

EU: Provide Protection for Syrian Refugees

Kurds need freedom and democracy: PYD leader

Saleh Muslim Mohamed spoke at the Kurdish Academic Forum conference in London on 18 November 2012. These are a few of the points he made:

• Our revolution started in 2004 and didn’t stop. Kurds need freedom and democracy and so should be part of this revolution.
• Kurdish people have been soldiers for other people in the Ottoman Empire, Yemen etc, and the same in Syria where we fought French colonialism, but Kurds were not recognised. We have decided not to be soliders for anyone.
• We joined the revolution with our voices and our flags.
• We are part of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria. We decided it should not be an armed revolution, but with self-defending rights, a peaceful and democratic revolution, and people need to be organised. Read more

62 days of hunger strike by 700+ Kurds in Turkish prisons

The hunger strikers are asking for the right to use their own language in state institutions,  and for the release of Abdulah Ocelan. They are taking a little nourishment to lengthen the time before they die, for greater effect

Syria’s Kurds play the long game

DAMASCUS // Internal divisions and political differences with other opposition groups are still preventing Syria’s Kurds from throwing their full weight behind the uprising against Bashar Al Assad’s regime.

Wednesday 21 March 2012 – Kurdish Newroz

Piroz Be Newroz: There are a lot of videos of Kurds celebrating Newroz and calling for change today on the Facebook page Ronahi TV - QAMISLO 2

Monday 12 March 2012

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Syrian security forces and Shabeeha have committed a new massacre in Homs on Sunday’s night. Following the bombardment of the neighbourhood of Kerm Al-Zeyton in Homs, the forces and Shabeeha have entered the area and slaughtered at least 25 children and 20 women.

More than one family from the neighbourhood of Kerm Al-Zeyton, in Homs, were slaughtered by white and fiery arms. There women and children among the causalities and there are indications that a group of Shabeeha has committed this massacre.

Due to the re-commitment of massacres in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is calling the UN to form an independent inquiry team urgently. The team should have judges known for their good characters and their task is to unravel the identities of the criminals who committed these massacres and to bring them to justice.

(last night) The Syrian security forces and Shabeeha have committed a new massacre in Homs on Sunday’s night. Following the bombardment of the neighbourhood of Kerm Al-Zeyton in Homs, the forces and Shabeeha have entered the area and slaughtered at least 25 children and 20 women.

 11 3 2012  Wanton slaughter of families. How!!!

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