Tag: Syria @en
“Coalition lacks experience”: Statement by Students
The Kurdish Students' Union (UKSS) published a statement as an answer to the Syrian coalition naming PYD, the most influential party in the Kurdish coined part of Syria, an "Anti-Syrian Revolution Organisation" and a "supporter of the Assad regime. The press release caused many debates within the Syrian opposition about…
Help citizen journalists in Syria
The nerve gas attack in Syria marked a watershed in the conflict, as its most terrifying atrocity to date. News of the attack reached us via the work of Syrian citizen journalists, who work for local civilian committees, our partner organisations. These journalists collect news from across Syria and transmit…
Petition: Don’t let Syria down!
"Don't let Syria down!" This is the title of a petition initiiated by Oxfam UK supported by Adopt a Revolution and a group of international humanitarian aid organisations. It is calling upon Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama to get the Geneva II peace talks for Syria back on track. Sign…
Turkish Syria Policy, the question of arming the opposition and Kurdish disagreements
In an interview, Syria Deeply asked the Turkish professor Gokhan Bacik about the major issues Turkey is facing because of the crisis in Syria. According to Bacik, the two major issues are border security and the Kurds. Also, their position depends on international partners, such as the US, which are…
“Help Syria today. Tomorrow it might be too late.”
Syrian intellectual Yassin al-Haj Saleh demands in a letter to the world to support the Syrian uprising now - as tomorrow it already might be too late. The letter was published in English, French, Arabic and Spanish newspapers and in meanwhile was also translated in German. June 28, 2013, Eastern…
Women’s hunger strike in Adra prison
In a letter to the Court of Terrorism, a group of detainees in Adra prison, Eastern Damascus, declared an open-ended hunger starting on 1st of July. In the following we document their letter. To the Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions - handling cases in the Court of Terrorism…
Critizism: Syrian Exile Opposition is failing
In their latest joint statement the networks of committees, the backbones of the unarmed revolutionary movenment in Syria, heavily critisize exile opposition bodies. We document the statement, being issued as a "final warning" by the revolutionary movement to the National Coalition. In case the Coalition will not improve its representation…
World Social Forum petition: Solidarity with Syrian stuggle for dignity and freedom
Adopt a Revolution supports the petition originating from the World Social Forum in Tunis this year. First signatories are activists as well as intellectuals, academics, and journalists from all over the world. Based on the petition a call for a Global Day of Solidarity was starting, calling for solidarity actions…
Two years of Syrian Revolution: A Message from Syria
Friday saw the second anniversiary of the Syrian Revolution. In the following we document a statement by our partner, the Network of Local Coordination Committees, that is still organising and supporting civil, unarmed resistance against the dictatorship of Bashar al Assad. Unified Message from the Local Coordination Committees in Syria…