July 29, 2011

Global Campaign Group Avaaz: Thousands people forcibly “disappeared” by the Syrian regime

A Syrian mother saw 14 years old boy was beaten and dragged into a white van by Syrian security forces about two month a go, other child (13 years old) was arrested with his friends and severe bleeding from the ears, nose and mouth. But Syrian security forces claimed no knowledge.

That just some examples that given by the global campaign group Avaaz, which claimed that nearly 3,000 had been arrested by the Syrian government security forces since the early uprising on March 15, the whereabouts remain unknown. This group launched a campaign Thursday to draw international attention to the disappearances. This includes wall profiles in Avaaz.org missing persons.

Wissam Tariff, a human rights activist working for Avaaz, which coordinates research organization in Syria said that they have 2918 names, and he said that each name have a different story. Some were kidnapped during the protests, some of the schools or universities, some write something, and some were detained by security forces in raids on their homes. They are all involved in the pro-democracy movement in several ways: Some went to the protest, some write something they should not be on their Facebook pages, some say something to your colleagues and reported. Families don't know if their children are alive or dead; if they are being tortured.

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Profile website will include the name, age, occupation, details of where they live and their loss - calculated risk, taken in conjunction with the victim's family, who cite safety in numbers. Because of the implications for their families, Avaaz will not give the name of the individual cases were highlighted in the media.

Avaaz have a strong team of international lawyers and people with deep experience in Syria who has worked closely with two leading organizations Syrian human rights to verify each and every case, was said by Ricken Patel Avaaz Executive Director. He said that Avaaz will keep continuous contact with the network in Syria to keep the profile of their website updated with new release and removal.

Government of Syria right now does not allow international journalists in, any foreign human rights organizations going to their country area. This condition become a problem for Avaaz to accomplished their mission.

Syrian government has a history of arresting and holding them incommunicado. There are an estimated 17,000 people have become lost in the events around Hama in 1982.

"Today's information will be documented and those who committed this crime must be held accountable." Said Nadim Houry, senior researcher for Syria to Human Rights Watch.

Avaaz calls on the 10 million members worldwide to call the key to influence in Syria - South Africa, India, Brazil, Kuwait and Qatar to send a delegation of human rights to pressure the Syrian government to release disappeared people.

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