Syrian Network for Human Rights: Casualty Report – 17 February 2013

The Syrian network for human rights documented 73 martyrs , Sunday 17/02/2013 all across Syria. Most of them in  Damascus and countryside ,and Hama .Among the martyrs 4 children , 4 ladies , and 23 from free Syrian Army.

Damascus and countryside : 21 martyrs

Aleppo : 17 martyrs

Hama : 14 martyrs

Homs : 3 martyrs

Idlib : 4 martyrs

Daraa : 6 martyrs

Deir Alzour : 7   martyrs

Tartous : 1 martyr

 

Damascus and countryside : twenty one martyrs including , child  , four ladies , one detained under torture , and four martyrs from Syrian free army

1-    Omar Ali Alhaoari – Madera-  Damascus countryside – known as Abo Abdullah – Free Syrian Army – Martyred through clashes with Alassad troops in Jobar-Damascus

2-    Ms. Hanaa daughter of Abdullah  in Darea – Damascus countryside – burned to death after  targeting their car by Alshelka mortar .

3-    girl child Houda daughter of Nizar , in Darea – Damascus countryside – burned to death after  targeting their car by Alshelka mortar

4-    boy child Mohamad son of Nizar  in Darea – Damascus countryside – burned to death after  targeting their car by Alshelka mortar .

5-    Fuad Yhia Taha –Darea – Damascus countryside – Executed by Alassad troops on alzaitee checkpoint in Zakia town – Damascus countryside – after torturing him .

6-    Omar Azir-64 years old – Damascus – Political activist – known as Abo Kamil , martyred under torture by Alassad troops , after his arrest in 25-11-2012 from his house in Almazeh western Villa – Damascus , he is a father of three children . https://www.facebook.com/Douma.Revolution#!/photo.php?fbid=432606700153584&set=a.112197655527825.19958.111632495584341&type=1&theater

7-    Ali Alphostki – Doma – Damascus countryside –martyred affected by his wounds had three months ago cause of Mortar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMR0tzAphCY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xy81xTD8dE&feature=youtube_gdata/

8-    Yaser Saab – Doma – Damascus countryside – known as Abo Firas – Free Army – martyred affected by his wounds while doing his duty in Comeuppance battle https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=432629416817979&set=a.112197655527825.19958.111632495584341&type=1&theater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vTVxGJ_5U&feature=youtube_gdata/

9-11        Three unknown martyrs – doma – Damascus countryside – cause of rocket launcher shelling on the city by Alassad Troops near to Alsalik mosque

12- Jalal Abo Alkheir – 27 Years old –Eastern Ghota – Damascus countryside – dissident sergeant – shot by Alassad troops in Aleppo

13-Ms. Siham Orabi Subhi – Jobar – Damascus – cause of random shelling http://youtu.be/4l4aBxo2SyE

14- Saed Abo Moafak – Daria – Damascus countryside – free Army – martyred by a sniper bullet

15-Mostafa Abdulkarim Taha – Yabroad – Damascus countryside -truck driver – known as Karmo- martyred after arrested from Alhal Souqe

16-Boy Child Osamah faraj –Yarmouk refugee camp – Damascus – martyred cause of the siege on the area and lack of health care and acute shortage in medical supplies http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=458340044232787

17-18 –two Unknown martyrs – Alzahera – Damascus – found near to Alshaar square and they raised torturehttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=273432712788950

19 – 20- two Unknown martyrs – Maazameat Alsham – Damascus – cause of barbaric bombing to the city by Alassad troops

21- Ms. Zaeda daughter of Saeed  in Darea – Damascus countryside – burned to death after  targeting their car by Alshelka mortar

 

Hama : fourteen martyrs including one child and six from Free Army

1-    Ahmad Aaead Alhabio – 60 years old – Kafar Zita – Hama –affected by his wounds , cause of the random selling ten days ago .

2-    Mohamad Abdulahmid Aldail – Almadiq castle – Hama – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops through battle to control Tal Abi Othman Military Base

3-    Ahmad Abdulwahid Nasrullah – Almadiq castle – Hama – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops through battle to control Tal Abi Othman Military Base https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=280487595415130

http://on.fb.me/W2SJez

http://youtu.be/U8mO70Focbo

4-    Maher Durzi Almaraai – dissident solidar – Hama – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops through battle to liberate Alquba checkpoint – Dam Road- Daraa https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=609699702389693

http://youtu.be/7HFrYz_2V4s

5-    Sami Ali Alsafan-30 years old – Latmi – Hama – after storming Mork village by tanks and armed vehicles of Alassad troops through intense fire of the western entrance of Mork in Hama countryside

6-    Abdulkafi Alsaloom – Almadiq castle – Hama – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops

7-    Ali Khaled Alherdan – Swran – Hama – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops

8-    Child Mohamad Yaser Azkahi – 10 years old – Almadiq qastle – Hama – random shelling by Alassad troops .http://youtu.be/2l4R4ld8yOk

9-    Ibrahim Kasoom – Almadiq qastle – Hama – random shelling by Alassad troops

10- Anas Hamza – Almadiq qastle – Hama – random shelling by Alassad troops

11- Abdulrazak Khaled Alghabshi – Hama – known as Abo Khaled Alhamwi – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops

12- Ahmad Khaled Abdulaziz – Almadiq castle – Hama  – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops in the city

13- Khaled Mohamad Alhasian – Almadiq castle – Hama  – Free Army – martyred while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops

14- Child Mohamad Hasan Ibrahim Alqasom – 2 years old – cause of random shelling on the city by Alassad troops.

 

Aleppo : seventeen martyrs including one lady and three of free army

1-    Ms Israa Shehabi – 50 years old – Masaken Hanano – Aleppo – cause of random shelling

2-    Saad Bakri Mojber – Almashhad – Aleppo – Free Army – martyred by Alassad troops bullets

3-    Khaled Saleh Alkafi – Albab – Aleppo – Free Army – martyred by Alassad troops bullets

4-    Ibrahim Mossa Alkafi – Albab – Aleppo – Free Army – martyred by Alassad troops bullets

5-    Mohamad Khaled Aljasem – Dear Hafer – Aleppo – effected by his wound cause a sniper bullet

6-    Olaewi Ahmad Khalaf – 21 years old – Tal Hadia – Aleppo – solider martyred by a sniper of Alassad Troops while he was trying to dissent

7-    Tawfik Naanaaai – Bustan Alqasr –Aleppo –sniper shot while fire extinguishing in a truck

8-    Mahmod Mohamad Alaawesi – 26 years old – Alsalhen – Aleppo – by a sniper in Albostan neighborhood

9-12   Four unknown martyrs including lady and child – Almidan – Aleppo -by a sniper bullet in Aldaeri Alshamali neighborhood http://youtu.be/5IElzQD55MM

13-15 Three unknown martyrs including lady and child – Almidan – Aleppo -by a sniper bullet in Aldaeri Alshamali neighborhoodhttp://youtu.be/LvwKQq_5B-g

16-Husain Masho Arab –Maraa – Aleppo- Free Army – martyr while doing his duty by clashes with Alassad troops at Alkazia checkpoint at AAsan bridge http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=478335072224909&set=a.201032849955134.49634.201023143289438&type=1&relevant_count=1

17 – Ahmad Mahmod Hamdoo –Arshaf – Aleppo – third year civil engineering – Free Army – martyr through clashes with Alassad troops in Alshiekh Khudr Aleppo http://youtu.be/BzSuFL9HYZs

 

Deir Alzoor : seven martyrs including one child and six of Free Army

1-    Child Khaled Ibrahim Alabdullah – Alkharita – Dier Alzoor – cause of random shelling

2-    Abdulsatar Frim – Deir Alzoor- Free Army – martyred through clashes with Alassad troops

3-    Khaled Alissa Almohamad  – Deir Alzoor- Free Army – martyred through clashes with Alassad troops

4-    Saleh Alhasan Alwahed – Deir Alzoor- Free Army – martyred through clashes with Alassad troops

5-    Mohamad Almaaeof Alhasan – Deir Alzoor- Free Army – martyred through clashes with Alassad troops

6-    Omar Ibrahim Alswadi – Deir Alzoor- Free Army – martyred through clashes with Alassad troops in the old airport neighborhood https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=488334727868355&set=a.193299227371908.37088.193044387397392&type=1&relevant_count=1

7-    Qasem Hasan Alaaed – Deir Alzoor- Free Army – martyred through clashes with Alassad troops near to the radio station in Aaeash town

 

Daraa : six martyrs including three of free Army

1-    Ahmad Anwar Alakrad – Draa Albalad –Daraa – Free Army- martyred In Jordan Yesterday affected of his wounds while doing his duty through clashes with Alassad troops liberate automated bakery checkpoint –Daraa Albaladhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=609638919062438

2-    Alaa Daas Almasalmah – Draa Almhata-Daraa-known as Abo Husain – free Army – martyred during clashes with Alassad troops In daraa Almhata .https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=609668622392801

3-    Taha Husain Aaeash – Dum road –Daraa – martyred cause of shelling by Alassad troops on his neighborhood

4-    Mohamad Alassad – Daraa Almhata – free Army – martyred during clashes with Alassad troops .

5-    Abdullah Ahmad Alkasabra – Alhrak – Draa –free Army – martyred in Alramthaa hospital in Jordan affected with his wounds through clashes with Alassad troops

6-    Maher Darzi Almaraae – Daraa – killed by Alassad troops http://youtu.be/7HFrYz_2V4s

 

Idlib : four martyrs including one child

1-    Girl child Sumaia Naef Albasheer – 13 years old – Mishmishan-Idlib – 9th grade –martyred cause of shelling by rocket launchers of Alassad troops centered in Jesr Alshaghoor hospital – Idlib http://youtu.be/VXWkJTJ6JVE

2-    Anas Hamadah- Idlib- sniper shot – Salah Aldeen – Aleppo

3-    Jamil Radwan Janabi – Kafroma –Idlib – Killed by Alassad troops

4-    Mohamad Yasin Alomar – Alhbait – Idlib – free Army – martyred through clashes in Hama

 

Homs : three Martyrs one lady and two of free Army

1-    Ms. Safaa Aldahik – Homs – Talbisa – cause of random shelling http://youtu.be/lYjgTgTSfIM

2-    Moaead Khaled Alhusain – Alqusair – Homs – Free Army –martyred by Alassad troops bullet

3-    Bakr Abdulwahab Barouk – Alrastan – Homs – Free Army –martyred by Alassad troops bullet

http://youtu.be/OqrErs-HerU

 

Tartous : one martyr Free Army

1-    Abo Ziad Albaniasee – Banias – Tartous – Free army – martyred through clashes in Hama

Russia Implements Volunteer Immigration Patrol Group

By Alexandra Sandacz
Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe

MOSCOW, Russia – Alexei Mayorov, the head of the Moscow City Government Regional Security Department, announced that a volunteer patrol force will be created to assist the Federal Migration Service (FMS) with enforcing immigration rules in Moscow. The volunteer groups will participate in city patrols, check documents and detain illegal immigrants together with FMS officers.

Immigration patrol volunteers will wear red vests to identify who they are. (Photo Courtesy of Ria Novosti)

Moscow City Hall reported that in 2012, the number of illegal immigrants extracted from the city increased by 150 percent. However, today, there are still around 200,000 to 300,000 illegal residents in Moscow.

While more than 300 people have already applied to the volunteer patrol group, Moscow authorities desire a total of 600 volunteers to help patrol for illegal immigrants throughout the city. Volunteers wear special red uniforms and patrol every neighborhood.

Russian officials maintain that patrol squad members are carefully screened and trained. Furthermore, aggressive individuals and ultranationalist are rejected.

Volunteers are authorized to search for illegal migrants at markets, construction and industrial sites, railways stations, shopping centers, and private apartments. Patrols will distribute handouts to immigrants with instructions and a list of documents required to obtain legal status.

Olga Kirillova, head of Moscow’s Migration Service, explained that only inspectors have the  authority to bring immigrants before the law. The police volunteers are manpower. She states, “Sometimes, it’s necessary to catch a violator who tries to run.”

However, rights advocates are nonetheless opposed to this new squad. Most human rights activists fear “aggressive-minded” people will join the patrol and will increase Russia’s anti-foreigner mood.

Svetlana Gannushkina, a prominent human rights campaigner specializing in migrants’ rights, stated, “I’m very upset by the rise of xenophobia that I observe in the city and in the country. These raids will be conducted not by law enforcement organs but by ordinary citizens, and I can just imagine what kind of enthusiasts will participate. They will bring nothing but more xenophobia, abuse, and divisions in society.”

She continued, “”Who has the right to detain people? You need very serious reasons to detain people, even police officers don’t always have the authority to do it. And now it is bestowed to random and probably aggressive people. No one has the right to deprive people of their freedom, to grab them in the street and drag them somewhere. What are we turning into? This is simply monstrous.”

Gavkhar Dzhurayeva, head of the Migration and Law information legal center, said,  “This is not a struggle against immigration but a manhunt. I back the idea of patrols, but volunteers should be trained to speak with immigrants in a civil manner. There must be certain ethics in communication, which are now absent.”

For further information, please see:

RFE/RL — Volunteer Squads Chase Illegal Migrants In Russia – 18 February 2013

RIA Novosti – Volunteer Patrols to Battle Illegal Immigration – 13 February 2013

Russia & India REPORT – Moscow to Hire Volunteers for Immigration Patrol – 13 February 2013

RIA Novosti – Moscow to Set Up Volunteer Patrol to Enforce Immigration Law – 12 February 2013

EU Launches Military Training Mission in Mali

By Heba Girgis
Impunity Watch Reporter, Africa

BAMAKO, Mali—European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss the situation in Mali. The group has officially decided to launch a mission to train the military in the African country of Mali. This decision was made today.

French soldiers talk to Malian soldiers outside Bourem in northern Mali. (Photo Courtesy of The Daily Start Lebanon)

This mission is designed to help the government of Mali take back and maintain control of the country. The first people in the mission, about 70 individuals, have already been sent to Mali so that they could begin the training as advisors to the Malian military. Officials of the European Union noted that more military instructors will be deployed before the end of March and official training will begin in April of this year.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton noted that the mission “is going to be of enormous importance in support of the Malian army” which is currently a poorly equipped and trained force without the ability or capacity to maintain the country’s territorial integrity. About half of the troops will be military trainers, while the rest will serve by providing protection and administrative as well as medical backup.

The current 27 European Union nations first approved the idea of a training mission in December 2012 in order to boost the Malian army’s ability to fight Islamist rebels who seized control of the country’s northern region last year. But the actual launch of the training mission was quickly accelerated after France’s surprise intervention in its former colony on January 11, in order to stop the insurgents from continuing south toward the capital.

Approximately 16 countries from the European Union along with Norway have agreed to take part in this mission. The mission currently has a 12.3 million-euro budget, and each contributing nation is providing and financing its own troops.

Specifically, the mission will provide advice and military training to the Malian Armed Forces. This training will include on command control, logistics and human resources as well as training on international humanitarian law, the protection of civilians and protection of human rights. The mission, however, will not be directly involved in combat operations. The mission has an initial mandate of 15 months and will involve about 500 staff. The headquarters will be in Mali’s capital city of Bamako while training will take place in Koulikoro.

 

For further information, please see:

Global Post – EU Approves Military Mission to Mali – 18 February 2013

The Miami Herald – EU Launches Military Training Mission in Mali – 18 February 2013

New Europe – EU Send Training Mission to Mali – 18 February 2013

The Washington Post – EU Foreign Ministers Officially Launch Mission to Train the Military in Mali – 18 February 2013

 

Darfuri Activist’s10-year Sentence Modified to Death Penalty Without Hearing

By Ryan Aliman
Impunity Watch Reporter, Africa

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Human rights group Amnesty International demands the Sudanese government to halt the execution of local activist Bakri Moussa Mohammed.

Bakri Moussa Mohammed was an activist based in the Kalma camp for internally displaced people in Darfur. (Photo courtesy of AI/Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris)

Three years ago, Mohammed, a community activist who hails from Darfur, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for murder. However, his sentence was revised to death penalty last year without any court hearing.

“We believe Bakri Moussa Mohammed is at imminent risk of being hanged and we implore the Sudanese authorities to act immediately to stop the execution, through whatever means available,” urged Amnesty International’s Africa director Netsanet Belay.

Belay also questions the grounds for modifying Mohammed’s sentence. According to him, “the vague circumstances of the change in Bakri’s sentence are a clear violation of fair trial standards.”

On December 31, 2012, almost three years after his imprisonment, Mohammed was informed by a prison officer that his sentence was changed to death penalty. On the same day, he was transferred to death row and brought to the gallows before being told by Sudanese authorities that his execution would be postponed for 35 days.

According to Amnesty International, that deadline has now passed. The human rights organization fears that Mohammed may be hanged any day this week.

Mohammed’s family join Amnesty International in calling on the Sudanese government to stop Mohammed’s execution. His family suspect that his transfer to death row was purely a political decision. They believe that it was the government’s way of punishing Mohammed for his protests against the current administration. They reasoned that the victim’s family already agreed to take blood money, totaling 60,000 Sudanese pounds, in lieu of capital punishment. In fact, the victim’s family already received 17,000 Sudanese pounds from them as a first installment, insisted Mohammed’s father. Thus, they do not see why Mohammed has to be executed.

“The Sudanese authorities have serious questions to answer about the revision of this sentence. Trials for crimes carrying the death penalty must comply with the most rigorous internationally recognized standards for fair trial,” said Netsnanet Belay. In a recent press release by Amnesty International, the group pointed out that international law prohibits any execution after a trial which does not meet international fair trial standards. In addition, any person sentenced to death also has the right to request a pardon or commutation of a death sentence.

“Those rules appear to have been flouted in the case of Bakri Moussa Mohammed, whom we fear is being persecuted solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and assembly,” Belay added.

 

For further information, please see:

Amnesty International – Sudan must save Darfuri activist from imminent execution – 15 February 2013

Sudan Radio – Activist’s Family Calls for Halt to His Execution; Says it Paid Blood Money – 14 February 2013

Sudan Tribune – Darfur activist placed on death row – 14 February 2013

Amnesty International – Sudan: Darfur Activist at Imminent Risk of Execution: Bakri Moussa Mohammed – 13 February 2013

 

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