Tag: Syria @en
Majority of Syrian refugees in Europe are running from the Assad regime, not Isis, says survey
First survey of Syrian refugees in Europe to be presented at Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Germany shows most want to return, but not under Assad. A no-fly zone would help more stay. The main cause of Syrians coming to Europe is to flee the violence of the government of Bashar al-Assad,…
IS, ISIS or Daesh? Turbulences in the Alphabet Soup – Bente Scheller
ISIS lives off bare bestiality. While their opponents are paralyzed with fear, the work of satirists flourishes. Meanwhile Bashar al-Assad tries to present himself as the lesser evil in Syria. “Daesh – May their ‘glory’ be of short duration” - Syrian intellectual Yassin Al Haj Saleh exclaims in the documentary…
Statement by LCC on airstrikes against ISIS in Syria
On the 23rd of September 2014, the Local Coordination Committees (LCC) published the following statement on Facebook, commenting on the US-led airstrikes on IS(IS) in Syria. They urge not to forget about the origin of the conflict in Syria - that it was exactly the violence perpetrated by the Syrian…
Statement of solidarity with the Syrian revolution – One year after Ghouta
We hereby share a current statement of solidarity with the Syrian Revolution that was initiated by the Syrian Revolution Support Bases. Adopt a Revolution supports this call for solidarity, roughly one year after the fatal chemical attack on Ghouta that took the lives of more than 1,000 Syrians. To sign…
ISIS and Assad: Fear of Disintegration – by Bente Scheller
It seems a nightmare: The centre of the crisis-ridden Middle East is seeing the formation of an Islamic entity which dilutes national borders and could potentially embroil the region in a war of radical militias. However, the West does not fear a reorganisation as much as it fears the impending…
Petition for the Protection of the People and Human Rights in Syria
This petition will be delivered to: United Nations 40 percent, 9.3 million of Syria’s 23 million people are in immediate need of assistance, 288,000 people are trapped in areas under government siege in Damascus, over hundred thousand people have died though real number is estimated much higher. We hope UN…
On Hassan Hassan, or the most beautiful place on earth, Yarmouk Camp!
Salim Salameh, 17th December, 2013 A million thanks for the help of Mary Hassan Ali Rizzo in this piece. Whoever tells his story, inherits the land of speech and thus possesses the key to the meaningful. Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian Poet I dedicate this text to Hassan's wife, the one who…
Catherine Ashton demands release of Razan Zaitouneh
A week ago human rights lawyer and activist Razan Zaitouneh was abducted together with three of the closest collegues from their office in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, close to Damascus. Today, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, demanded her immediate and unconditioned release. In 2011 Razan…
Why the West is Wrong on Syria – Razan Zeitouneh
On 10 December human rights lawyer and activist Razan Zaitouneh was abducted from the office of the Syrian Human Rights Violations Documentation Center (VDC) in Douma, Damascus. We are appalled by this! Not only are we working closely with her for the past two years, but she also is one…
Human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouneh kidnapped
We are working with her since the end of 2011. Last night the human rights lawyer and activists Razan Zaitouneh was kidnapped from her office in Douma, Damascus. In the following we document the statement of the activist network LCC, whos spokesperson Razan is. In the morning of the 10th…