SNHR —  By our daily documentation of Syrian victims, we have noted that the proportion of killed women is very high, and up to approximately 9% of the civilians victims toll.  In many days SNHR documented almost 30 female victims, although most of the killings occurred during the indiscriminate or deliberate shelling against civilians with TNT by warplanes, scud missiles, or artillery.  However there are hundreds of women who were killed deliberately during raids and massacres.

Due to our documentation’s methodology, we could not disclose any numbers without providing a statistic’s documented name, date of death, place of death, photo or video of the casualty, and how that person was killed.

Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, to 30 April 2013, SNHR documented the killing of 7543 female victims: including 2454 girls, and 257 infants (less than 3 years old).  There are 155 female victims whose names are not known.  We have their photos, we know how they were killed and the dates of the incidents, but we could not get their names.

We would like to indicate that 421 women were intentionally sniped, that’s mean the snipers who killed them were fully convinced that they targeted, and killed, women.

Also, 24 women were tortured to death after being arrested.  They were exposed to systematically, and exceptionally cruel torturing methods.

Please find all details for each case in the following link:  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZWNQNjFzNDNIbDA/edit

Female victims are distributed among the Syrian provinces below:

Homs : 1411

Damascus countryside : 1397

Aleppo : 1289

Idleb : 1088

Daraa : 667

Deir Alzor : 557

Hama : 483

Damascus : 339

Al-Raqqa : 75

Lattakia : 74

Not Syrian : 55

Al- Quneitra : 38

Al-Hasaka : 29

Tartus : 16

Al-Swidaa : 5

1- Syrian Government Armed Forces committed extensive systematic crimes against humanity with unlawful killings;

2- Syrian Government Armed Forces committed these extensive systematic crimes in non international armed conflicts.  The killings should be deemed as war crimes;

3- The Syrian government, who killed and targeted civilians, violated both International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law

1- Call upon the Security Council and relevant organizations to take upon their responsibility towards what is happening to the Syrian people, who are subjected to murder, rape, and displacement;

2- Exert pressure on the Syrian government to stop the torturing, and demand the release of all detainees;

3- Hold the Syrian government’s allies and supporters, Russia, Iran, and China, morally and physically responsible for  what is currently happening to the Syrian children;

4- Give serious attention to this case, give it a high priority, and give your best effort to take care of torture victims and their families.

1-Decision to refer all the criminals and the involved to ICC

2- Warn Syrian Government ‘s Armed Forces of therepercussions of using brutal methods and systematic killing and send clear messages about

1- Demand the Human Rights Council and United Nations to give this serious issue the right attention and to continuously follow up with the events;

2- Give serious attention to this case, give it a high priority, and try to take care of victims’ families mentally, physically, , and educationally;

3- Apply political and diplomatic pressure on the Syrian Government’s Armed Forces main allies – Russia, Iran, and China – to prevent them from continuously providing cover, international, and political protection for all the crimes committed againstthe Syrian people.  Also, hold them morally and physically responsible for all the excesses of the Syrian Government’s Armed Forces.