Syrian Network for Human Rights and Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies: Violations Report 17 July 2012

Casualties and Wounded:
Homs | Al-Khaldiya
As the violent shelling by the Syrian army continues on the region of Homs, many victims have either died instantly or by inflicting wounds; just like the corpse in the following video whose corpse was charred after completely burning as a result of heavy bombardment:

**WARNING: VIDEO BELOW CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES**

Idlib | Al-Rami
The security checkpoints all across the towns and cities of Syria are carrying out daily arrests to civilians who are being subject to the harshest types of torture under the hands of Syrian security forces in prisons. Some of these civilians come out with torture marks across their bodies, others come out as a dead corpse just like Mousa and his son Tariq, whose corpses can be seen in the following video:

**WARNING: VIDEO BELOW CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES**

 

Assaults and Human Rights Violations:
Homs | Al-Rastan
As soon as the bombardment comes to a halt, the citizens of Al-Rastan begin to search for the wounded and the corpses of people from in between the rubble.  This is mainly because ambulances and specialists are not able to enter city due to the siege imposed by the Syrian army forces.  In the video below civilians search through a home shortly after it was shelled, finding the wounded and bodies:

**WARNING: VIDEO BELOW CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES**

Children along with their families are always suffering even in the shelters from the situation as outside from the lack of food, water and electricity; milk for infants is not available and the children are feeding on dry bread. In addition to all of this, the children have to go endure the pain each time they witness a friend has been killed.

Daraa | Daael
One of harshest sufferings which the civilians are going through in the towns and cities affected by bombardment and gunfire are in the field hospitals where the simple capabilities which they offer are sometimes not enough to cure a single wounded civilians:

 

Bombardment and Destruction:

Homs | Jourat Al-Shiyah
As we enter day 41 of the ongoing bombardment across the region of Homs by the Syrian army, who also imposed a complete blockade around Homs; the civilians are living the life of suffering through the sounds of bombardment, gunfire and living in-between the rubble of their homes made by bombardment.  Many neighborhoods like, the Jourat Al-Shiyah neighborhood, are completely empty of people due to bombardment.

Hama | Al-Araba’ein
Tanks belonging to the Syrian army are indiscriminately shelling the homes and buildings in the neighborhood of Al-Araba’ein.

Damascus | Nahr Aeisha
The Syrian forces bombarded a number of neighborhoods inside the heart of Damascus today, including Nahr Aeisha, causing the people to flee their homes and leading to heavy smoke throughout the city.

Aleppo | Mari
Syrian forces also shelled the town of Mari’ using missiles which caused the destruction of civilians’ homes and caused heavy smoke to rise in the area.

All information and videos published in this report provided by:

Syrian Network for Human Rights

Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies in Syria

Author: Impunity Watch Archive