SNHR: Human Rights’ violations in Syria (figures and facts)

March 2011 to May 2013

Report prepared by Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR )

Introduction:

Based on the efforts of its investigation and documentation team, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) consistently documented human rights violations in Syria according to the international standards generally recognized in the description.  Verification and investigation of all human rights violations in Syria was conducted by a team of unique independent human rights activists with no political or ideological trend.  Their main job is to document human rights violations in Syria based on the testimonies of victims of such violations or eyewitnesses; relatives of the victims themselves or people existing at the time and place of the violation. In many cases, they depend on the testimonies of medical staff in various areas of Syria who are continuously witnessing the horrible and terrifying human rights violations in Syria.

It should be mentioned that the work mechanism of Syrian Network for Human Rights’ Group is based on a precise verification and documentation method, and on our members deployed in the Syrian territory to gather facts and record written testimonies, live images and videos, oral and registered interviews audio and video interviews so as to complement the efforts exerted to document human rights violations under the restrictions imposed by the Syrian government on the network members as well as the arrest and assassination of any of them if direct or indirect relation with the network was recognized.  This reflects on  serious and frequent losses of the network’s activists while doing their duty in Syrian territory.

SNHR documentation policy depends on documents being named from at least two different sources unconnected with each other, and does not issue any statistic without supported files containing very precise details of each death case, fully identified by the name of the victim, as well as the date and location of death.

By these standards, SNHR has been adopted as one of the most important resources in UN statistics for the victims of the Syrian conflicts, and in its famous statistics at the beginning of this year, which stated the killing of 60.000 Syrian citizens, as well as adopted as the main source for many news agencies and space stations

SNHR documented civilian casualties in addition to free army victims as a result of the possibility to apply the network’s criteria in documentation and verification, this criteria can’t be applied to Syrian Government’s Armed Forces kills because of the prosecution, ban and restrictions on such documentation.

Since the first moment of the Popular Syrian Revolution against the rule of Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian Security Forces and Syrian Government’s Armed Forces accompanied with Shabiha handled the civilian protestors with excessive violence, arrested hundreds and killed dozens of them.  Not a day goes by without documenting the death of civilian victims or the arrest of female or male activists.  They have even killed a large number of them.

Since the early days of the revolution, Syrian government’s Armed forces used different kinds of weapons against the Syrian people.  They used live bullets, after a while the Syrian army came down to the cities and towns and started to shell it using tanks, then they used air forces: helicopters.  Then warplanes, Scud missiles and unguided weapons such as mortars, TNT, which was dropped by warplanes, along with the use of international prohibited poisonous gases in 14 cites.

This was a deliberate gradual escalation by the Syrian government to monitor the reaction of the international community and Security Council. This led to an increase in the level of escalation and the international silence on the crimes committed by them.

Contents:

First: violations against children

Second: violations against women

Third: violations against medical staffs

Fourth: violations against media activists

Fifth: torture and torture to death victims

 

Report’s Details :

Since Syria’s uprising began in March 2011 as to May 15, 2013, SNHR documented at least the killing of 80,159 people, distributed to 75,992 civilians (91% civilian victims), 7,606 Syrian Free Army (9% fighter brigades), Among the civilians: 7,686 women, 8,329 children, and 2,441 tortured to death.

(On the following link to the official website of SNHR , you can find all names and details of the victims )

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBekZfYlBJQXRadDA/edit?usp=sharing

As a reference, this is what we were able to document by name, location, photo, and video within the available possibilities under the embargo and censorship imposed by the Syrian Government, although our estimation suggests that the real number of victims could reach twice, up to nearly a quarter million.

In Syria, a civilian is killed by Syrian Government’s Armed Troops every eight hours, with a daily average of 135 civilians

Every two hours a child is killed

Every three hours a woman is killed

(chart #1 :The following chart shows the distribution of the 83,598 victims on the Syrian governorates)

 

First: Violations against children

Syrian Government’s Armed Forces killed 8,329 children, including 82 children who were arrested and tortured to death.  The proportion of child victims is 9%, which is a very high figure and indicates the deliberate targeting and systematic killing of civilians.  In addition, the number of child detainees is near 9,000 children.

(chart #2 :The following chart shows the distribution of the 8329 victims on the Syrian governorates)Most prominent child victims’ names during the revolution.

Child Hamza Al-Khatib

13 years old, who went out of his hometown Jiza’/Daraa to join the protests launched to lift the siege imposed on the people of Daraa, was arrested at Syrian security forces’ checkpoint near Sidon housing in Daraa 29/4/2011. After few days, his body was delivered to his family.  It showed signs of cruel torture and distortion.

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Infant: Afaf Mahmoud Alsrakbi

Four month-old infant from Karm El-Zeitoun/Homs, was tortured in front of her parents in order to pressure them.  She died after torture on 10/1/2012 and her body was handed over to her uncle, her body showed signs of torture.  Her parents were still detained until now.

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Infant: Majd Abo Allaban

There was a peaceful demonstration in Alwaar/Homs, where the baby lived.  His father was carrying him on the Balcony during its occurrence, when security forces and Syrian Government’s Armed Forces used wide range live bullets resulting in the death of the two.

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Girl: Ryan Al-Ghamyan

A sniper of the Syrian government army targeted a civilian car carrying Ryan and her mother during their displacement from the city of Daraa on 08/07/2012, killing her on her mother’s lap.

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Second: violations against women

Syrian Government’s Armed Forces killed 7,686 women, including 24 women who were arrested and tortured to death.  Among the female victims, 2,507 were children.  The proportion of female victims is 9%, which is a very high figure and indicates the deliberate targeting and systematic killing of the civilians.  The number of women detainees is almost 6,500, and more than 5,000 women were raped by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces.

(chart #3 :The following chart shows the distribution of the 7686 women victims on the Syrian governorates)

 

Syrian female victims killed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces:

Engineer Nada Al-Masry

She appears in the following photo with her son Abdullah Tarsha, they were killed by Syrian government’s Armed forces on 27/1/2012 when an armored of the military forces shot their car

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Ms. Fatima Khosrf

She was killed with her infant Abdul Majid Khalid Al Kassim, when Syrian government forces shelled Al Eastern Boaida village in Homs , 04/09/2012

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Sisters Alaa and Israa Tohma

Eng. Isaraa Toham, with her sister Alaa, was killed in Bosraa Alsham by a sniper bullet when they were crossing the street in 18/11/2012

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Razan Al-Qasis

She was killed because of random shelling by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces on Bloudan/Damascus countryside.  She was married and had two children who were wounded by shelling in 13/08/2012; one of her children’s foot was amputated.

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Female victims arrested by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces:

Jumana Abdul Hakim

First year Civil Engineer, she was arrested in 15/5/2012 by air security forces who stormed the campus.

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Rama Yasser Al-Asas

Born in Damascus 1/4/1986,

An arrest warrant was issued by the Palestine Branch against her, whice is why she was forced to escape until 27/08/2012, when she was ambushed by the security men who requested a ransom to release her.  Even after paying  two millions Syrian pounds, all contact channels with her were cut and no one knows anything about her.

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Third : violations against medical staffs:

Syrian Network for Human Rights documented 245 medical staff-victims including:

113 Physicians of various specializations

42 pharmacists

67 paramedics, 23 of them who were working for the Syrian Red Crescent

5 women who worked in medical staff killed

 

The execution of 7 medical staff in field hospitals is clear evidence for being systematically targeted by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces.  The forces stormed the field hospitals and killed wounded people and the doctors who were treating them.  We have 4 cases accurately documented the different regions.  Most shockingly, Syrian Government’s Armed Forces arrested at least 3,000 of medical staff, and 18 of them were tortured to death.

 

Most prominent physician victims:

Dr. Mohamed Nur Maktaby

Air Forces Intelligence in Aleppo arrested him for more than five months while he was helping the wounded and injured people in field hospitals, which the Syrian government considers a serious charge.  He was tortured violently and systematically killed.  His body was delivered to his family on 15/11 /2012.  Dr. Nur was married and has 5 children

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Khaldoun Al-Sawah

A field doctor from Khalidia, Homs, he provided medical services in the hardest conditions, he excelled in giving first aid and saving lives. He moved from Rastan, to Zafarana, to Karm Al Zeitoun to Deir Balaba and was killed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces on 05/04/2012, while he was examining a girl who was shot by a bullet

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Dr. Ahmed Al-Fattih

He is from Deir Elzzor.  He effectively contributed in providing first aid to the injured and wounded people.  He also participated in the establishment of field hospitals in various districts of Damascus.  He was moving to Mademya Asham and Darya to heal the wounded people until his death on 28/11/2012 by Syrian Military Forces when they targeted his car in Mademya./ Damascus

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Dr. Isa Ajaj

A political activist, he opposed the regime before the revolution; he was arrested several times on charges related to his political views.  He was fired from Daraa National Hospital upon a decision by the Intelligence.  Following the outbreak of the revolution, he was arrested twice by the Air Force Intelligence for the treatment of wounded people in the demonstrations.  He was severely tortured, and threatened to be executed by Syrian Intelligence Forces if he continued to treat the wounded people.  They assassinated him when he was leaving his house in Daraa on 1/9/2012.

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Detained Doctors:

 

Dr. Omar Mohamed Mamoun Arnous (dentist), his wife Dr. Maria Jawkhaddar and his child (two years and half) were arrested without any charge on Sunday 7/10/2012. He is a relief activist, Master degree, teaching in a private university in Damascus, preparing for PhD

Personal photo for Dr. Omar

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Dr. Mohamed Bachir Arab

A laboratory doctor born in 1980, sole son of his mother, former detainee in 2004 for 11 months, where he was tried before the Supreme State Security Court because of his activities with the students at the University of Aleppo.  Following the breakout of the Syrian revolution, Mohammed Arab participated in field activities like peaceful demonstrations and others.  He was chased for a long time and lived for six months using several nicknames.  He was arrested on 01/11/2011 with his colleagues, and there were certain news that he was tortured systematically and severely led to make him entre Al-Mojtahid Hospital, Damascus on 12th of January where he died.

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Most prominent victims of paramedics:

 

Hakm Drak Al-Sibai

Hakm Hatem Drak Al-Sibai, a young man of 27 years, a graduate of Business Administration, and the sole son of his parents.  He volunteered at the Red Crescent and conducted courses on first aids and psychological rehabilitation.

He was wounded on 9/7/2012 while providing first aid to a wounded person in Bustan Al-Diwan/Homs , where Syrian Government’s Armed Forces shot the ambulance; he was injured by 9 bullets and died one week later.

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Ziad Abu Salah

Ziad Abdel Qader Abu Salah, a resident in Khaldiya, he is under 16 years, one of the youngest Red Crescent volunteers.  He was killed as a result of random shelling of Khalidiya neighborhood, he was providing first aid to the wounded people on the 4th of February 2012.

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The most prominent detainees of paramedics:

 

Sultan Jamal Sultan

A young man born in 1989, from Al-Qariatin in Homs, a graduate of Dentistry Faculty with exemplary grades, a Red Crescent medic and trainer, he was arrested in 23/9/2011 while he was going to perform his duty for the Red Crescent in Al-Fakhoura, where he lives, taking into account that he suffers from respiratory problems (asthma attacks).

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Jihad Hakmi

Jihad was arrested at a checkpoint near to the Cultural Center in Homs, on 11/5/2012 while he was on his way to rescue injured people.  So far he is still detained.

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Osama Almudbak

Paramedic Osama Almudbak was arrested in the city of Damascus in 29/7/2012, the network confirmed that he was arrested for being a member of the Syrian Red Crescent, and is providing medical care for wounded people.

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Mahmoud Khabiah and Imad Al-Haja

The two paramedics Mahmoud Khbaih and Imad Al-Haja, from the of city Doma, were arrested on 2/12/2012 during an official mission for the Syrian Red Crescent, and are still being held so far.

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Fourth: violations against media activists 

 

Syrian Network for Human Rights, through our monitoring, noted that the Syrian Government considers media activists and medical staffs as the most dangerous. So it persecutes them vigorously, and when they get arrested, they are exposed to a very cruel way even more than other detainees.

 

The Syrian network documented, since the beginning of the Syrian revolution and to this date, the killing of 162 media professionals documented by name, photo, place, and date and how they were killed.  Including:

7 journalist who were arrested and tortured to death; 3 women; and 10 foreign journalists.

Following link contains all the needed details

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS195cFlWUE4wVmM/edit

(chart #4 :The following chart shows the distribution of the 162 media victims on the Syrian governorates)

 

Most Prominent media activist’s victims

 

Basil Shehadeh

A well known movie director, he was studying at Syracuse University in the United States, he returned to Syria in order to participate in the peaceful movement against the government.  He was arrested when he was participating in one of the demonstrations in Damascus by the Intelligence forces in Damascus, and then released.  He used his camera to document the attacks of the Syrian army on city of Homs’ neighborhoods. He was killed on 29/5/2012 in Safsafa neighborhood in Homs after it shelled by the Syrian Government’s Armed Forces.

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Rami Al-Saied

A revolutionary prominent media activist in Homs, where he was filming the live broadcast of the demonstrations, he was documenting the victims of the Syrian Government’s Armed Forces’ shelling; those killed and wounded along with abuses against civilians.  He was killed near a blockade in the Bab Amr neighborhood cause of heavy shelling by the Syrian government’s Armed forces in 21/2/2012.

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Tamer Al-Awaam

A film director and political activist from Al-Swidaa.  He made many documentaries about the Syrian Revolution activities, the most prominent was “Memories at the Checkpoint.”  He died cause of shell shrapnel from the random shelling on Radio neighborhood in Aleppo by Syria Government’s Armed Forces in 9/9/2012.

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Mary Colvin

An American journalist, works for the British Sunday Times Newspaper.  She was killed in 22/02/2012 as a result of targeting the Media Center for Bab Amr neighborhood in Homs by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces. Thus, Mary was killed with her French photographer colleague Remi Ochlik.

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Remi Ochlik

A French photographer.  He worked in all the Arab Spring countries in 2011.  He witnessed the Tunisian and the Egyptian Revolutions, then the war in Libya. His startling photos which were full of humanity were published in Paris Match,Time Magazines, and in The Wall Street Journal.  He was awarded the first prize for the young photographers in the “Visa Pour L’Image” photojournalism festival.  He was killed with his colleague the journalist Mary Colvin in Homs, Bab Amr neighborhood in 22/2/2012.

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Mika Yamamoto

A Japanese journalist.  A pioneer in the field of video journalism, she was awarded many prizes, worked for the Independent Media Group (Japan Press).  She was killed by shelling by the Syrian Government’s Armed Forces while fulfilling her media duty in covering the current events there in 21/08/2012.

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Media Activist in Prisons

 

Mazen Darwish

A journalist, a member in the International Federation of Journalists, the founder and the head of “The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression.”  He was arrested in 16/2/2012 after breaking into the center by the Air Force Intelligence Forces.  He was still arrested even though he was not accused of any crime.  He suffered from several health problems.

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Activist, Ali Othman:

One of the most famous media activists in Homs.  He participated in documenting tens of crimes and violations against the Syrian citizens.  One of his most famous and important works was the first video for shelling when he commented: “Baba Amr is being shelled, where are you Arabs?”

He was arrested in 28/3/2012 by military security branch in Al-Bab neighborhood/Aleppo.  He was then sent to the military security branch to the end in Palestine branch after only days from being arrested, and he is still alive so far.

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Fifth : tortured to death victims

 

Syrian Government’s Armed Troops arrested at least 194,000 Syrian citizens, including nearly 9,000 under the age of 18, 4,500 women ( 1200 of them are female colleague students) and 35,000 male colleague students, according to the last survey conducted by Syrian Network for Human Rights.

 

70,000 of the detainees are enforced disappearance

Syrian Government’s Armed Troops systematically and intentionally violated these laws and international conventions using violence torture methods against detainees, which led to kill 2,441 Syrian citizens under torture, including 82 children, 24 women, 51 aged (more than 60 years old), and 107 armed rebels (less than 5% of the toll victims under torture).

 

SNHR noticed the increase of the frequency in torture and deaths by torture in the last four months, which led to the increase in the number of victims tortured to death since the Syrian uprise to unprecedented high levels.

 

April 2013: the highest rate of torturing to death occurred in this month, 186 civilians were killed under torture, an average of 5 civilians every day.

(chart #5 :The following chart shows the distribution of the victims who tortured to death in security branches per month)

 

There is a high number of cases for those who were tortured to death, we were unable to document this because of restrictions and deprivation of work in the Syrian territory.  This means the real number could be far greater, especially since there are prisons who torture people to death and then throw the bodies in vacant land or in rivers, so it will decompose and disintegrate and blur the crime.

(chart #6 :The following chart shows the distribution of the 2441 tortured to death victims on the Syrian governorates)

 

There are 42 methods documenting torturing methods that claimed the lives of 2,441 citizens, divided into three positions:

 

First: torture methods: SNHR documented 9 positions

 

Second: Various kinds of torturing ( 22 cases )

Third: Psychological torture (12 cases)

 

 

First: torture methods : SNHR could document 9 positions 

 

1-     Ghost Technique (Shabeh position): hanging victims to bathroom ceiling from the wrists while they stand on a chair, then taking the chair away so the victim will stand on the ground by his/ her big toe.

Another case of Shabeh, known as fly ghost, where they tightened one of his/her feet with the victim’s hand using the same rope for many hours and even a day or two, causing hands to inflate or even cut

2-     Tire position (Dulab) the victim is forced to bend at the waist and stick his head, neck, legs and sometimes arms into the inside of a car tire, then start beating him on different parts of his body

3-     Flying Carpet position (Basat Al-reeh) involves tying the victim down to a two sections flat so that the detainee’s hands and feet get tied to the front and back of the plank, and his face on the ground of it.  Then, the front side of the plank is lifted as to fold it so that the body of the detainee gets folded until his head touches his feet. This leads to a dangerous stretch in the ligaments and nerves of the spine, which results the most dreadful kind of pain a person can suffer from. Meanwhile, another person is beating the detainee.

4-     Crucify: the hands and legs of the detainee are tightened like a crucified person then he/she is beaten specifically on the genitals

5-      Hanging: the hands are tied behind the back, then the detainee is hanged up and beaten with sticks and wires.

6-     Smashing, where a detainee’s head is placed between the wall and the door of the prison, the door is closed on the head of the detainee.

7-      Electrocution: a metal chair, the detainee is seated on it, then they put on the electric current.

8-     Electric shocks to various parts of body

9-   The German chair ( Al-kursi al-Almani ): a metal chair with moving parts to which the victim is tied by  their hands and feet.  The backrest of the chair bends backwards causing acute hyperextension of the spine and severe pressure on the victims neck and limbs

 

Second : Various kinds of torturing ( 22 cases )

1-     Using all methods of beating on all body parts by different tools such as stake and electric cables, called colloquially ( Robai ), to beat on the soles and tread on the head.

2-      Completely uprooting fingernails.

3-     Removing hair from different parts of the body

4-     Cutting out flesh by forceps from sensitive organs

5-     Rapping male and female detainees

6-     Forcing the detainee to rape his/her cell mate

7-     Cutting out some parts of the detainee body; such as finger, flesh, or stabbing in the back or stomach

8-  Burning detainees’ skin with chemical acids or cigarettes.

9-     exposing the detainee after being forced to take off all clothes and covers to extreme cold.

10- depriving the detainee from medical care totally as there is a lack of medical care in large number of prisons.

11- Preventing the detainee to use the toilet but once or twice a day, forcing him/her sometimes to urinate on himself/herself. If the detainee is allowed to use toilet, the period may not exceed a minute. The detainee is also prevented from taking shower, going out and breathing fresh air.

12-Keeping a large number of detainees in a small cell (keeping 45 detainees in a 15 meter cell, Air Force Intelligence, Aleppo).

13-Pouring cold water over the body after being hit and wounded.

14-Cracking ribs.

15-insufficient amount of water and food which are not enough for a quarter of detainees.

16-Standing up on foot and hung up from hands for successive days.

17- Using underground cells without ventilation.

18-Pouring boiling oil or water over legs

19-Cutting the ear using the clipper used to trim the trees.

20-Stressing ears and nose using mallet.

21-Hanging up and then tying something heavy to the penis.

22-Electric shocking, specialy in breasts, knees, and elbows.

 

Third: Psychological torture (14 cases):

SNHR documented the most systematic and practice 14 cases:

1-     Forcing the detainee to watch his/her mate being raped.

2-     Threatening the detainee that they will rape him/ her .

3-     Force the detainee to watch his/her mates tortured and tortured to death.

4-     Threatening the detainee with arresting his wife, mother or sister and rapping or torturing her in front of his eyes then make him see naked femal detainees in the prison.

5-     Threatening the detainee of torturing to death or slaughtering with knifes.

6-     Offending and assaulting the detainee`s religious beliefs.

7-     Putting male and female detainees in the same prison and in some cases strip them in front of the executioners

8-     Putting detainees in the same cell

with a dying person

9-     Putting detainee with dead person in the same cell

10- Assaulting the detainee and his family with obscene insults

11-Forcing the detainee to admit crimes he did not commit with the threat of doubling the torture.

12-Commanding the detainee to prostrate for Assad`s portrait.

13-Deluding the detainee that he/she is going to be released and opening the cell’s door, then bringing him/her back for torture.

14-Taking the detainee to the prison’s doctor for treatment. The doctor hits him/her on the painful part, then the detainee is taken back to be re-tortured. So that none ask again for doctor.

 

Finally, the Syrian Network for Human Rights wants to confirm its constant belief that the violations against human rights in Syria is to be classified as crimes against humanity, which necessitates the referral of all the responsible to The International Criminal Court without any delay cause of the political interests of the major countries in the Security Council. What have took place and is still taking place in Syria now are atrocities deserve to be referred to The International Criminal Court to be investigated in the same way that was during the Libyan Revolution during two weeks only. This hasn’t been yet done despite the expiration of twenty six months or more of the flagrant violations against human rights in Syria.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights emphasizes its constant and deep-rooted readiness, through its members of experts in investigating, documenting and following up, to cooperate with the investigators of The International Criminal Court to present everyone contributed by giving orders or committing crimes of violation against human rights in Syria to a fair hearing which could avenge for those who suffered and are still suffering in Syria from the injustice, absolutism and pain of violating their human rights which were guaranteed by the international legitimacy for human rights, and which the International Legitimacy that is mired in dubious silence hasn’t yet seen.

Colombia Reaches Deal On Land Reform With FARC Rebels

By Ellis R. Cortez
Impunity Watch Reporter, South America

BOGOTA, Colombia Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and the Colombian government said on May 26th that they had reached an agreement on land reform, the first of six points that could make up an eventual peace deal.

Colombia’s FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez talks next to Ricardo Tellez during a news conference in Havana in November. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)

In a joint statement issued in Cuba by the FARC and the Colombian government, the sides said they had agreed on “integrated rural reform.” One of its features is a “land fund” into which millions of illegally held or underused acres of land will be placed to compensate those who have lost land or were displaced from their property.

About 5 million acres of land has been stolen from rural farmers by armed groups during the conflict, with twice that amount abandoned by those fleeing because of violence. According to the agreement, farmers will receive loans, technical assistance and marketing advice as well as legal and police protection. There will also be a ten-year effort to bring government, roads and development to the countryside.

The talks at the Havana Convention Center, which have been going on for six months, have focused almost entirely on land reform. Both delegations will take a break for several days, and then begin talks on political participation for the FARC, the second agenda point. They are set to also discuss illicit drugs, decommissioning weapons and how to handle victims of the armed conflict. The discussions are set to resume in Havana on June 11th.

Colombian government’s lead negotiator, former Vice President Humberto de la Calle, warned that there will be no peace deal until all six points have been agreed upon. Then, the final package will have to be put to a nationwide referendum for approval to ensure “national participation and transparency.” “Now we have a real opportunity to reach peace through negotiations after 50 years of armed conflict,” De la Calle said.

The agreement drew praise at the United Nations in New York, where a spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called it “a significant achievement and important step forward.” Ban “wishes both delegations further success in their efforts to reach agreement on the remaining issues and to put an end to Colombia’s long conflict,” the spokesperson said.

The Colombian government sees resolving the half-century conflict as the key to opening up the country to more investment, infrastructure projects and social programs. More than 100,000 people have died during the conflict. The conflict has also diverted billions of dollars from the economy as industries have not been able to function at full capacity and the government is forced to spend heavily on troops and weapons.

For more information please see:

France 24 Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal on land reform 27 May 2013

The Telegraph Colombia reaches deal with Farc rebels over land reform 27 May 2013

Fox News — Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal on land reform 26 May 2013

Los Angeles Times — Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal on land reform 26 May 2013

SNHR: The most heinous crime of the modern era: Banyas massacre; Blatant Ethnic cleansing in Syria

The primary death toll is 458 victims; including 93 children, 71 women

Report Prepared by Syrian Network for Human Rights May 5, 2013

The Report includes:

Introduction

Details

Responsibilities, Conclusion, and Recommendations

 

Introduction :

Baniyas is the largest district of Tartous Governorate in Syria, with an area of 720 km2, and a population of nearly 177,000.  This population is comprised of 105,000 Alawites, 45,000 Sunnis, and 20,000 Christians.

Baniyas is a junction point between other cities of Syria.  The international highway is between Lattakia and Tartous and connects other internal governorates by Al-Qadmus – Misiaf high way ( which are Alawite villages)

Entrances to the city:

Eastern (Qusor neighborhood): inhabited by Alawite sect

North (Hrison): Majority Alawite and Minority Sunni

Southern Entrance is bordered by a Thermal Station

Baniyas divided into four districts:

Villages centre district ( Baniyas district) Multi-denominational

Ar-Rawdah district: Multi-denominational, Christian majority

Al-Anazah district: Alawite

Talin district: Alawite

 

 

Villages and municipalities within Baniyas “

Dahr Mhirz, Qusor, Qawz, Hrison:Multi-denominational, Alawit majority

Ar-Rawdah, Faihaa, Marah:Multi-denominational, Christian majority

Marqab, Alkin, Bustan Alnajar, Wata Albida, Albasia, Ras Alrifa, Basaten, Bayda, Qarer, Adima: Sunni villages

 

The Report:

In this report, we rely on the testimonies of a few survivors and cite witnesses in addition to several phone calls and texts of more than 7 activists on the ground.  But to this moment, we could not visit the scene, but we have asked for, and got, a large number of recordings, photos and videos of survivors’ testimonies and then compared with videos and photos we got via our official email ( you can find attached to our report)

Banyias massacre continued over 3 days.  It started on Thursday, May 1, 2013, until May 4, 2013.  Horrible events occurred on each day

Ethnic cleansing occurred in Sunni Districts:

1-    Al-Bayda village: On May 2, 2013, a massacre took place in Bayda, SNHR could document by name and photo 263 civilian victims, including 43 children, and 28 women, all of them from Bayda

2-    Ras Alnabaa village: On May 4, 2013, a massacre took place in Ras Alnabaa. SNHR documented 196 civilian killed, including 63 children and 43 women.  They were killed by shelling, which was followed by other methods of murder and ethnic cleansing

Thus, the death toll of the ethnic cleansing massacre in Baniyas is 458 civilians; including 93 children and 71 women

 

Details about the first massacre: Al-bayda village

It is systematic that Syrian Government’s Armed Forces punish civilians from any area they clashes with their troops,

dozens of threats to civilians through loudspeakers in all Syrian territories if shot one bullet against them from any area, then they will exterminate the whole area and as doing that they just want pretext to explode

This acts violate Customary IHRL, the applicable law in armed conflicts:

Rule 1. The parties to the conflict must always distinguish between civilians and combatants. Attacks may only be directed against combatants. Attacks must not be directed against civilians.

Rule 2. Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.

Rule 6. Civilians are protected against attack, unless and for such time as they take a direct part in hostilities.

Rule 7. The parties to the conflict must always distinguish between civilian objects and military objectives. Attacks may only be directed against military objectives. Attacks must not be directed against civilian objects.

Rule 10. Civilian objects are protected against attack, unless and for such time as they are military objectives.

In the early morning on Thursday, May 2, 2013, a small clash occurred on a military checkpoint near Al-Baiyda between few Armed rebel’s fighters and Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

( Noting that Baniyas is one of the most peaceful areas in Syria, cause it is Multi-denominational there is no armed opposition there)

After one or two hours Syrian Government’s Armed Forces surrounded Al-Baiyda town and started the usual three phases before every massacre:

1-  Siege, shelling, cut off electricity and communications

2-    Stormed

3-    Extrajudicial killings, slaughter, looting and arrest

According to survived family who fled from death in the massacre, some of them now in Turkey, they said: amid total cut off electricity and communications; Syrian Government’s Armed Forces shelled the town for several hours, then they started storming the town accompanied by security forces, Shabiha from the neighboring Alawite villages and members of Lebanese Hezbollah (were recognizable cause of their Lebanese accent) and begun terribly slaughtering, killing and executing people, using knives, cleavers, edged weapons and even smashing head to death with stones and then they burned many of the corpses.

(Noting that inhabitants of AL-Baiyda is almost 6000 people)

This massacre is considered to be the worst massacre in the history of the Syrian Revolution.  They slaughtered, distorted, cut the organs of children and women then burned and then dumped the corpses  on top of each other in streets

On the next day: Friday, May 3, 2013, almost at 10.00 am, again random shilling and missiles on the town, and dozens of people tried to flee across the orchards.

They again stormed the village from Ajamah mountain’s axis, and Marah village’s axis (Christian majority) who didn’t participant in the massacre or was not killed because the explicit order was to kill only Sunni people. They then slaughtered civilians with knives, cleavers and field executions lasted to nearly 2 PM, of course prevent Friday prayers ritual.

Large number was not immediately killed, but they were arrested and taken to Alzoba Alawite village, where we received news that they were killed there

Their corpses remained on the streets and in houses, where they rotted

Many houses and cars have been burned

After that another Syrian Government’s Armed Forces chased the families who fled from Al-Baiyda to orchards and neighboring towns, launched raids, prosecutions and arrests in those areas: Agricultural Wata Albaida area and Sahm Albahr area, we got news about executions there, but we couldn’t get eye witnesses or survivors to confirm

Syrian Government’s Armed Forces imposed a suffocating siege on Markeb and Basatin villages, they arrest dozens of citizens especially in the upper neighborhood of the village, where they took a large number of families (men, women, children) to Alkaokab village, while they were beating, assaulting and abusing them, them they allowed children and women to return to their villages on foot.  One of the parents told us that the reason for setting free children and women is to keep them as a hostage when they need.

Looting and arresting continued for two days (Friday and Saturday), families saw trucks loaded with furniture conveyed to Alawite towns.

Survivor and eyewitnesses’ accounts of the massacre:

A survivor’s story: still alive and you can communicate with him:

“Regime’s Forces burned my uncle and all of his children before me, they burned them alive,” he said

The people made sure that one of the massacre’s chief instigator and overseer nicknamed (Ali al-Kayyali), the real name is Mihraç Ural, Alawite of Turkish origins from Antakya

SNHR’s team by connecting with residents, eyewitnesses, activists documented by name, photo and video 263 victims, including: 92 children, and 71 women:

1-    Abdulkader Mohamad Kador: 60 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

2-    Ahmad Mohamad Kador: 70 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

3-    Osama Mohamad Kador: slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

4-    Maher Mohamad Kador: 33 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

5-    Hikmat Mohamad Kador: 40 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

6-    Child Mohamad Hikmat Kador: 1 years old – grandson of Hikmat – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

7-     Child Ibrahim Mohamad Taha: 16 years old – grandson of Hikmat – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

8-    Ali Hawash – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

9-    Abdulrazak Alshghri -60 years old – volunteered Muezzin in Althoraya mosque –  slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

10-  Ms. Asmaa Abdulrazak Alshghri – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

11-    Child Abdulkhalek Wael Abdulrazak Alshghri -14 years old – student – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

12-    Child Ibrahim Mohamad Alshghri -his mother’s name: Asmaa – student – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

13-     Omar Ahmad Baiasi – Imam mosque – known as Shikh Omar- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZ3R4a05JMzhRNlU/edit?usp=sharing

14-                       Wife of Omar Ahmad Baiasi- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

15-                       Hamza Omar Ahmad Baiasi –Physician – son of Shikh Omar- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

16-                       Omar Aziz Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

17-                       Girl child Heba Omar Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

18-                       Girl child Baraa Omar Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

19-                       Ms Sabah Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

20-                        Mohamad Zuhair Alshagri – 30 years old – fisher – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBR09aV2swS0hGaGc/edit?usp=sharing

21-                       Mostafa Mohamad Alshagri – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQTVsTXpKLUdwNlk/edit?usp=sharing

22-                       Othman Mohamad Alshagri – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBaUZ0c2FqMENPLWM/edit?usp=sharing

23-                       Mohamad Ali Alhors – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

24-                       Ali Mohamad Ali Alhors – 27 years old –geographic teacher – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

25-                       Abdulmonaem Abdulkader Alshagri – 63 years old- accountant at Alhal market-slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

26-                       Abdulrahman Abdulkader Alshagri – 63 years old – brother of Abdulmonaem   – shop owner in Alhal market – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTXlXbUFnZFNTMWs/edit?usp=sharing

27-                       Mostafa Ali Baiasi – 48 years old – truck driver – known as Abo Ali – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBV1J3RElkaUZtT1k/edit?usp=sharing

28-                       Ms. Aesha Abdulkader Kadour – 42 years old – spouse of Mostafa Ali Albaiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

29-                       Child Ali son of Mostafa Ali Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

30-                       Child Mohamad son of Mostafa Ali Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

31-                       Girl child daughter of Mostafa Ali Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

32-                       Another Girl child daughter of Mostafa Ali Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

33-                       Salem Ahmad Khadam – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

34-                       Mohamad Hasan Namora – known as Abo Kinan – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

35-                       Ms. Hayat Yousf Taha – spouse of – known as Abo Kinan – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

36-                       Mostafa Mohamad Kadour – known as Safi Asom – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

37-                       Mohamak Khaled Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

38-                       Ahmad Jomaa Saqr – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

39-                       Mohamad Jomaa Saqr – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

40-                       Yousef Jomaa Saqr – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

41-                       Abdulrahman Alshagri – known as Abo Salah – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

42-                       Salah Abdulrahman Alshagri – known as Abo Salah – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

43-                       Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – 39 years old – accountant at Alhal market – known as Abo Alabd – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

44-                       Ms. Safaa Ali Baiasi – spouse of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi –slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

45-                       Child Abdullah son of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – 13 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

46-                       Girl Child Aaesha daughter of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – 13 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

47-                       Girl Child Sarah daughter of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – 13 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

48-                       Girl Child Shahd daughter of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – 13 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

49-                       Girl Child Halima daughter of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – 13 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

50-                       Child Hamzah son of Mohamad Abdullah Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

51-                       Mohamad Mostafa Daabol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

52-                       Mostafa Mohamad Daabol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

53-                       Ms. Roqaea Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

54-                       Child Othman Ahmad Othman – 16 years old – worked in marble plant – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

55-                       Hasan Mohamad Othman – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

56-                       Abdulkarim Mohamad Othman – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

57-                       Child Ahmad Mohamad Othman – 14 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBbW42dGhCX2ZCYlU/edit?usp=sharing

58-                       Shahada Mohamad Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

59-                       Mohamad son of Shahada Mohamad Taha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

60-                       Yaser Ahmad Shahada Taha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBa3R3clJTYk45TnM/edit?usp=sharing

 

61-                       Myasar Ahmad Shahada Taha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

62-                       Othman Mostafa Jalol  – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

63-                       Abdulrahman Said Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces  Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

64-                       Zakaria Ahmad Husain – known as Alshawish – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBWkhjdlN3N3BsU2s/edit?usp=sharing

65-                       Ms. Manar Kamel Baiasi – 25 years old – degree of mathematics from Tishreen university – spouse of Zakaria Ahmad Husain– slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

66-                       Mohamad Tayba- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

67-                       Moaz son of Mohamad Tayba- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

68-                       Mohamad Yousef Taha – 40 years old – accountant in Alhal market- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

69-                       Khair Aldin Yousef Taha – 35 years old – worker in Alhal market- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

70-                       Khaled Mohamad Taha – 40 years old – shepherd and farmer – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdDU0Y0tUTGlDdzQ/edit?usp=sharing

71-                       Old man: Mohamad Taha – 100 years- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces Forces

72-                       Abdulsatar Ismael – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

73-                       Moaz Abdulsatar Ismael- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

74-                       Zakaria Ismael- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

75-                       Jamal Ismael – 51 years old – concrete carpenter slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

76-                       Karam Omar Swid – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

77-                       Khaled Yousef Mahmod- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

78-                       Ahmad Shahada- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

79-                       Yaser Ahmad Shahada- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

80-                       Khaled Ibrahim Baiasi – 29 years old- concrete carpenter – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

81-                       Mohamad Husain Kador- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBX1NMYjFHeDBwMWc/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRV9DS1FYMVVFOG8/edit?usp=sharing

82-                       Jalal Husain Kador- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

83-                       Hafez Kador- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

84-                       Mostafa Husain Kador – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRV9DS1FYMVVFOG8/edit?usp=sharing

85-                       Child son of Mostafa Husain Kador – 4 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

86-                       Ms. Jamila Mostafa Kador -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

87-                       Child Marwan son of Ms. Jamila Mostafa Kador  slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

88-                       Girl child Safaa Ali Khalil – daughter of Ms. Jamila Mostafa Kador -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

89-                       Ahmad Mohamad Swid – 65 years old – owner of coffee shop – known as Abo Safwan -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

90-                       Omar Aziz Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

91-                       Abdulrahman Alshoghri -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

92-                       Ahmad Mohamad Alshoghri – 50 years old – retired sergeant – father of Mohamad and Othman Ahmad Alshoghri – burned alive with his sons by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBU0h6amJZTndBdE0/edit?usp=sharing

93-                       Mohamad Ahmad Alshoghri – 20 years old – high school – burned alive with his father and brother by Syrian Government’s Armed forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBU0h6amJZTndBdE0/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBOG1nQmQzR0xBemM/edit?usp=sharing

94-                       Child Othman Ahmad Alshoghri – 16 years old – burned alive with his father and brother by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces  forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBU0h6amJZTndBdE0/edit?usp=sharing

95-                       Girl child Sabah Ahmad Alshoghri – 12 years old -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

96-                        Maher Alshoghri -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

97-                       Ahmad Mohamad Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBVTZIZ0VLQWY4Yk0/edit?usp=sharing

98-                       Mohamad Ahmad Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBT3ZjSnZJNXU1S1k/edit?usp=sharing

99-                       Yousef  Mohamad Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

100-                  Mohamad Yousef Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

101-                  Mostafa Yousef Mohamad Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

102-                  Ms. Amina Mahmod spouse of Mostafa Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

103-                  Obaid Mostafa Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by three bullets – by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

104-                   Girl child ( infant) daughter of Obaid Mostafa Baiasi -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

105-                  Mostafa Ahmad Alswid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

106-                  Wife of Mostafa Ahmad Alswid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

107-                  Girl child, Daughter of Mostafa Ahmad Alswid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

108-                  Another Girl child, Daughter of Mostafa Ahmad Alswid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

109-                  And another Girl child, Daughter of Mostafa Ahmad Alswid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

110-                  Ahmad Mostafa Alswid -34 years old – construction worker –  slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBcGdrY0Q1NWhZLW8/edit?usp=sharing

111-                  Othman Mostafa Alswid – 35 years old – construction worker – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

112-                  Mohamad Mostafa Alswid – 31 years old – construction worker – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

113-                  Said Mostafa Alswid – 19 years old – fisherman -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

114-                  Mohamad Abdulaziz Hamoda -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

115-                  Ammar Mohamad Hamoda -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

116-                  Ahmad Yousef Mahmod – 70 years old – known as Abo Shaker- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

117-                  Mohamad son of Ahmad Yousef Mahmod – 45 years old – free worker- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

118-                  Ahmad Abdullah Baiasi – 28 years old – infrastructure worker- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

119-                  Loai Ahmad Namorah – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

120-                  Husani Mohamad Ismael – 35 years old – farmer – known as Husain Jaafar – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

121-                  Ali Mohamad Alshikh – 37 years old – construction worker- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

122-                  Mother of Mohamad Taybah- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

123-                  Girl child daughter of Maher Kador- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

124-                  Osama Abdulrazak Alshoghri- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

125-                  Mohamad Ibrahim Othman – known as Abo Mamdoh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

126-                  Wasim Othman- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

127-                  Zakaria Aldabsh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

128-                  Child Mohamad Subhi Aldabsh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

129-                  Abdulrazak Mahmod- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

130-                  Ms Fatima Alshagri- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

131-                  Ahmad Ibrahim Baiasi- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

132-                  Girl child Sabah Othman – sister of Mohamad and granddaughter of Sabah Alshagari- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

133-                  Yaser Mohamad Ali LoLo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

134-                  Yousef Fatouh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

135-                  Naem Badr Atek- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

136-                  Mohamad Ali Husain- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

137-                  Ms. Aesha Aziz Baiasi- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

138-                  Abdullah Fatouh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

139-                  Mohamad Fatouh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

140-                  Ezz Aldin Baiasi- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

141-                  Ibrahim Awad- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBa3R3clJTYk45TnM/edit?usp=sharing

142-                  Karim Swaid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBX1NMYjFHeDBwMWc/edit?usp=sharing

 

143-                  Asef Jaber Shaaban- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBUWg1cWh1ZDRBVWM/edit?usp=sharing

144-                  Son of Ahmad Shaaban – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBSEc4ZkJsU1hVV2c/edit?usp=sharing

145-                  Ibrahim Namorah – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBeTN0TTdhcndYSWc/edit?usp=sharing

146-                  Ahmad Fatouh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

147-                  Ms. Rania Fatouh – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

148-                  Mother of Rania Fatouh – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

149-                  Unknown victim – beaten to death with stones and stabbed with knives by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, which deformed the body and made it difficult to identify

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBbVBPaktlcHFtVXM/edit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHMwNf4Z_uY&feature=youtu.be&bpctr=1368236017

150-                  Another Unknown victim – beaten to death with stones and stabbed with knives by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, which deformed the body and made it difficult to identify https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBbVBPaktlcHFtVXM/edithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHMwNf4Z_uY&feature=youtu.be&bpctr=1368236017

151-                  Unknown victim – beaten to death with stones and stabbed with knives by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, which deformed the body and made it difficult to identify https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBOEExOTY0QlVlRHM/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHMwNf4Z_uY&feature=youtu.be&bpctr=1368236017

152-                  Another Unknown victim – beaten to death with stones and stabbed with knives by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, which deformed the body and made it difficult to identify

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBOEVKdmdhbHk3NzA/edit?usp=sharing

153-                  Unknown victim- Namorah – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNm9XWm5PSFhxVms/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHMwNf4Z_uY&feature=youtu.be&bpctr=1368236017

 

154-                  Unknown victim – executed and burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBR1ZSaFRGcEc1LUk/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHMwNf4Z_uY&feature=youtu.be&bpctr=1368236017

155-                  Another Unknown victim – beaten to death with stones and stabbed with knives by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, which deformed the body and made it difficult to identify https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdllpWlF4WDZ3bWM/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHMwNf4Z_uY&feature=youtu.be&bpctr=1368236017

 

156-                  Unknown child – slaughtered by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBWkt3bzl6cmhkdEE/edit?usp=sharing

157-                  Unknown victim – executed and burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdXntReqSo&feature=youtu.be

158-                  Unknown victim – executed and burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdXntReqSo&feature=youtu.be

159-                  Unknown victim – executed and burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdXntReqSo&feature=youtu.be

160-                  Unknown victim – executed and burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdXntReqSo&feature=youtu.be

161-                  Child Moaz Abdulmonem Baiasi – year and half – his mother Manal Mohamad Saqr – slaughtered with his sisters ( Amina – Eman – Afnan) by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBYnRrTUttZVI4MnM/edit?usp=sharing

 

162-                  Girl Amina Abdulmonem Baiasi – 6 years old – slaughtered with her family by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

163-                  Girl Eman Abdulmonem Baiasi – 5-years old – slaughtered with her family by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

164-                  Girl Afnan Abdulmonem Baiasi – 3 years old – slaughtered with her family by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBT0VHQ25fX0hYSTA/edit?usp=sharing

165-                  Alaa Saqr – slaughtered by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

166-                  Girl Sanaa Ismael – 14 years old – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

167-                  Mohamad Abdulrahman Ismael – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

168-                  Walid Mohamad Akari – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

169-                  Mostafa Ahmad Khalof Shaban – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

170-                  Mostafa Omar Hasan – known as Mostafa Alshikh – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

171-                  Majed Omar Husain – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

172-                  Ibrahim Mohamad Alshagri – farmer – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

173-                  Child Ali Jamal Ismael – 17 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

174-                  Child Anwar Fuad Jaafar – 13 years old – beaten by stone to death by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

175-                  Hasan Fuad Jaafar – 18 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

176-                  Abdulsatar Mohamad Alqadi – 36 years old – concrete carpenter -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

177-                  Abdulkader Mohamad Taha – 31 years old – accountant – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

178-                  Mohanad Mohamad Taha-19 years old – first years faculty of law – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

179-                  Moaead Abdulaziz Hamoda – 20 years old – colleague student – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

180-                  Walid Rahmon – farmer – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

181-                  Haitham Alagha – farmer slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

182-                  Ahmad Abdulrahman Warid – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

183-                  Child Abdulrahman Warid – 3 years old- – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

184-                  Yousef Suliman Yasin – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

185-                  Mostafa Yousef Yasen – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

186-                  Ahmad Yasin Jaafar – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

187-                  Ahmad Shaaban Almhamad – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

188-                  Safi Mohamad Taha – 35 years old – – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

189-                  Ahmad Ali Husain – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

190-                  Ali Ahmad Husain – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

191-                  Alaa Ahmad Husain – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

192-                  Maan Khalil – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

193-                  Ms. Fatima Mostafa Asom – spouse of Mostafa Kador – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

194-                  Fares Mostafa Khalil – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

195-                  Mohamad Khalil Khalil –37 years old-farmer slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

196-                  Ghasan Mohamad Husain – 42 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

197-                  Mohamad Abdulaziz Hamoda – 23 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

198-                  Brother of Mohamad Abdulaziz Hamoda – 18 years old- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

199-                  Mamdoh Ali Husain – 51 years old – fish seller-slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

200-                  Ahmad Mostafa Saqr – 45 years old – shop owner in Alhal market – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

201-                  Ibrahim Mostafa Saqr – 40 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

202-                  Osama Mostafa Saqr- 35 years old –farmer – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

203-                  Safwan Ahmad Swid – 33 years old – – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

204-                  Ahmad Ibrahim Alshagri – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

205-                  Mostafa Ali Husain – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

206-                  Abdullah Mohamad Baiasi – 50 years old – truck driver – known as Abdullah Fatouh – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

207-                  Ms. Aesha Husain – spouse of Abdullah Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

208-                  Girl Nasiba Abdullah Mohamad Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

209-                  Girl Rania Abdullah Mohamad Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

210-                  Girl Samia Abdullah Mohamad Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

211-                  Girl Ahlam Abdullah Baiasi – 16 years old-slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

212-                  Girl Walaa Abdullah Baiasi – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

213-                  Ahmad Abdulrahman Warid – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

214-                  Abdulrahman Ahmad Warid – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

215-                  Yousef Suliman Yasin – 40 years old – worker – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

216-                  Mostafa Yousef Yasin – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

217-                  Omar Yousef Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

218-                  Mostafa Abdulkader Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

219-                  Abdulrahman Mostafa Taha – 23 years old – fourth year colleague student mathematic – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

220-                  Mohamad Mostafa Taha – 22 years old – second year engineering – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBYk9jSWV6THpCemc/edit?usp=sharing

221-                  Abdulkader Ahmad Husain – 55 years old – employee – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

222-                  Mostaf Ali Mahmod Nawaniah – 29 years old – fisher – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

223-                  Mohamad Ali Mahmod Nawaniah – 32 years old – fisher – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

224-                  Osama Abdulrazak Alshagri – 29 years old – infrastructure worker – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

225-228- Four unknown victims – dissident soldiers – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

229-263  Thirty four unknown victims – executed and burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces in Azzam Baiasi’s shop in the village by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, couldn’t be recognized

Video showed Syrian Government’s Armed Troops in Mohamad Baiasi’s shop/Baiyda village, while they were putting corpses  together before burning them, where dozens of burned corpses found later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CeUtmfemq7Q

Photos of Mohamad Baiasi shop before and after the corpses were burned, comparison between the two photos clearly show the number of corpses is more than the one existing in the previous videos

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBaXZWcDROYmtWSk0/edit?usp=sharing

Another photo of burned corpses

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBV0hVbmxTVUV2ZkU/edit?usp=sharing

Attachments and Appendixes:

Linked video shows Syrian Government’s Armed Forces and Shabiha cursing the victims after they killed them and smashed their corpses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEopalz0k_o&bpctr=1367862861

Corpses accumulated after execution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfX7Y6tNx3Y&feature=youtu.be

http://youtu.be/y1jmmJD6bP0

http://youtu.be/a0MfawjizLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZQd0g5KyYc&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9tLF7Hw8eQ

Video showed Syrian Government’s Armed Troops in Mohamad Baiasi’s shop/Baiyda village, while they were putting corpses together before burning them, where dozens of burned corpses found later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CeUtmfemq7Q

 

Photo document the massacre:

 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNVBSV0d6YzVyaEk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBMFVCcGUzWVpjWW8/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBMDZybDE0Z0xvRFk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBSGZzaDFqVVVyRkk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNV84bnFheWNlQ1E/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBYmlmY3pUR0tZYlU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBVW5OdVN4eTR1VkU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNUloUUJuekM4Ukk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBMEF3ZWRBVVUzVlU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBYXFKZnFyLXNhams/edit?usp=sharing

Unknown victim:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBOEExOTY0QlVlRHM/edit?usp=sharing

Slaughtered child:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRFJhLVpZME5sYkU/edit?usp=sharing

Victim: Omar Baiasi:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZ3R4a05JMzhRNlU/edit?usp=sharing

Unknown victim:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdnM5LW0xOG55UWs/edit?usp=sharing

Azzam Baiasi’s shop after burning the bodies:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBV0hVbmxTVUV2ZkU/edit?usp=sharing

Photo for Al-baiyda when they get arrested and before the execution

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBSlNNWVJ4VVMxNTQ/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

 

Details about the Second massacre: Ras Alnabaa village

Friday, May 3, 2013

Ras Alnabaa: poor neighborhood, almost 400 m2 linked with Baniyas in two ways: 1-bridge known as Ras Alnabaa bridge, 2- and high way

In Thursday, May 2, 2013, when the residents in Ras Alnabaa heard frequent news about the shelling and killing in Al-Baiyda, most of them took their belongings and fleed from the neighborhood to escape from death

When the residents tried to escape through the bridge, Syrian Government’s Armed Forces at the bridge barrier prevented them, and arrested all of them  They separated women, children and elders, and order them back to the neighborhood, tortured and humiliated men, and ordered them to return to the neighborhood.

They tried to flee once a few days ago before the massacre, but they were prevented.

In this report, SNHR relies on testimonies of few survivors, the most important is Abo Mohammad’s testimony

Friday on May 3, 2013, after Syrian Government’s Armed Forces prevented dozens of families from fleeing across the bridge on Ras Alnabaa – many of them used the highway to flee

On Friday, noon, approximately at 2: 30 PM, Syrian Government’s Armed Forces started the usual phases before every massacre Siege, shelling, cutting off electricity and communications, storming, killing, slaughtering, looting, arresting, and burning

Heavy artillery was erected at the bottom of Ras Alnabaa bridge and another artillery at AlQoz bridge with few tanks, suddenly without any alarm deliberately started shelling the local residents’ houses heavily, because no one was there, heavy gunfire continued for about one hour

After shelling, they initiated the next phase, where almost 1000 fighters performed a house to house raid.  They started executing, killing, and slaughtering families.  Entire families were annihilated

Abo Mohamad Told us:

“Storming started at 2:30 PM, Intruders were wearing black T-shirts and camouflage trousers, I saw them with my own eyes, I know some of them and I know their families, as Zahraa, Marouf, Shamali, Haidar families and others, they entered in regiments of 200, then 150, then 200, they stormed the town with trucks, they gathered in Al-Qusor Alawite neighborhood, they started to expel families of their houses, and executed them directly, it took five minutes to execute each family.

There was a child, they split him from his head to the middle of his back

I watched a young man, they threw him on the ground and then they swooped on him to stamp him with knifes

I watched a woman, I know her family, she is well known in the neighborhood, they took off her clothes and raped her, I saw that in my eyes, then they cut her hand, and they half slaughtered her.

They burned one of the shops, they threw four children after cutting them, they also threw a girl into the fire while she was alive.

I am trying to summon up my strength and memory… there was a whole family, they ordered them to turn their faces to the walls, when they were loading their Russian weapons, a woman fell to the ground and survived, she is still alive.

I estimated the number of the killed and slaughtered people whom I saw with my eyes from neighbors and relatives about 250 victims, there are many areas in the neighborhood that I couldn’t see.

Killing and slaughtering continued until 1 am, after midnight, after that in a while I escaped with my family through mountain, I knew then later that they allowed some of the survived residents to flee across the Corniche Street.

How could we live with them, joke and laugh, eat and drink, are they human being like us?”  Abo Mohamad added finally

“The villages from where the buses of Shabiha left, and participated in the massacre:

Kaabiat Farish – Dier Albashl – Alanaza – Tairo – Almowred – Alasiba – Alzoba – Alquz in Baniyas – Aldalia – Taanita – Hraison – Kawkab Aala Albasatine – Sarbione – Alkaloaa – Barmaia – Bloza – along with many other villages that we couldn’t recognized.

The residents also recognized some families of those villages that their sons participated in the massacre:

Ahmad family – Mashraqi family – Aateki family – Ali family – Atek family – Jadid family – Shamali family – Hasan family – Saaod family – Zahraa family – Al Daiob family

 

They killed all the members of Rajab family, father, mother even children, in horrible ways: slaughtering, explosion heads, a girl called Iman from Rajab family stayed alive for a while, then she died affected her horrific wounds

Yasin family, Taha family, Suliman family, Husain family, Zarzour family, and many other families were wiped off the face of the earth

They raided the well known media activist’s house Ms. Baian Jaloul, who had a prominent role in transferring ongoing news and images.  They took revenge and killed her in a very horrific way, they ripped her face with knifes, cut her nose, stomped on her hands and feet, slaughtered her, and left her dying in pain.  She was transferring and publishing the news of what was happening

Her fiancé (also a media activist who worked together in Baniyas) came to her before she died, she asked him to drink water, then she died in his hands

Moments earlier, she wrote some of what she saw before she was killed: approximately at 6:43 PM until 6:50 pm:

” – Allahu Akbar – Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest – God is the greatest)

-8 victims

– Every 10 shells together

– They are pouring gasoline in houses and burning them

– Takebeer ( say God is the greatest)

– Extermination in Ras Alnabaa my friends

– Pray for us

– No one is helping us

– Oh my God, martyrs on the streets

– We will die too

– Shelling in front of our house

– They burned houses and poured gasoline

– Extermination in Ras Alnabaa ”

 

Photocopy of her testimony:


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBa0V1cXFQaE9reEk/edit?usp=sharing

 

An eyewitness told us that, because hatred and revenge: they were slaughtering children before their mothers’ eyes, then they slaughtered mothers and the rest of the families.

 

He also told us that they stabbed all the youths with knives and shot them with bullets

They didn’t allow doctors or paramedics or anyone else to enter the neighborhood at all, and for those who tried to enter, the snipes deployed in Alquz Alawite neighborhood thwarted them.

 

Then: Syrian Government’s Armed Forces looted houses and loaded electric and home devices into trucks, and emptied the contents of the houses then burned a large number of them.

 

On Saturday, May 4, 2013, and after the news of the ethnic cleansing massacre that took place in Ras Alnaaba neighborhood, Baniyas City experienced great displacement, when families arrived to the entrance of the other cities such as Jabla and Tartous, Syrian Government’s Armed Forces prevented them from entering, then they came back to the rural areas especially the Christian villages who embraced them and erected tents for them, opened the churches to housing them.

Most of the displaced families gathered in two areas Alkharab and Zamrine

 

Sunday, May 5, 2013, again partial shelling on Ras Alnabaa sides, Syrian Government’s Armed Forces allowed for some families to entre, where governmental teams have washed by water tanks the blood and carnage, and they brought the official media to show that the village had been liberated from Al-Qaeda and terrorism

Monday, May 6, 2013, Syrian Red Crescent’s teams (SRC) escorted with Security forces and Shabiha entered the neighborhood and watched with the families the rotten corpses of women, children and men on the ground where the families were unable to bury them or even come close.

SRC escorted with Shabiha loaded dozens of corpses in four trucks using bulldozed, where they buried them in mass graves: tow trucks of corpses buried in an area known as Alnaznada and the other two trucks in the cemetery located in Almarqeb bridge.

This cemeteries well known for families and they can show it to any investigation commission

 


Arrested or victims

 

According to an eyewitnesses:

“In Ras Alnabaa in Banyias figures indicated that almost 200 victims were killed, and 100 are missing

 

The primary statistics are almost 600 victims, and 400 are missing unknown whether they were dead,arrested , or the bodies kidnapped by security forces”

 

One of the testimony in Ras Alnabaa said:

“I saw from my house’s window Shabiha while they were collecting corpses in the night in Ras Alnabaa Square and put them in bags then in cars and left the square”

 

 

Accounts of the massacre’s survivors      

“When they started the attack of Ras Alnabaa few families hided in a basement dedicated to cattle fear of oppression and brutality of the regime, when the gangs finished committing their crimes, families started to check the deaths and saw what makes hair turning gray form rape, cutting organs, bodies’ distortion, they found few people still alive because they were half slaughtered to make the slaughtered suffering more ”

“I saw with my own eyes the family who survived from death by Shabiha, they told me that they heard their call with their leaders: we finished our mission successfully and we could eliminate them, when they came out of victims’ houses, they shot the deaths and their houses again”

Witness added ”[t]he witnesses told me that when they were burning houses and victims, they scattered yellow atoms with a very bad smell on the floors and on the victims, it cause tremendous fire within seconds, some of the equipments and mechanisms who involved in the attack demolished some walls to hide the burned bodies underneath while they were saying loudly Labaika Ya Husain – Lbaika Ya Assad ( Oh Assad, Oh Husain ”

Survived mother of the massacre:

“Army and Shabiha raided our house, they took out my husband and my son, they said we just want to inspect them then they called me out, and executed them in front of my eyes, I collapsed”

 

According to the residents, families and friends; SNHR could document by name and sometimes photo: 195 victims, all are civilians residents including 56 children, 43 women :

1-    Mostafa Rajab ( grandfather) elder man – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

2-    Ahmad Mostaf Rajab, big son of Mostafa with his wife and children ( 17 victims) – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTHhkODNmYUFBakE/edit?usp=sharing

3-    Ms. Tahani Alasar – 28 years old – spouse of Ahmad Mostaf Rajab – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

4-    Child karam Ahmad Mostaf Rajab – 3 years old – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

5-    Child Mostafa Ahmad Rajab – 11 years old – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

6-     Ms. Nora Mostafa Rajab – 32 years old – spouse of Mostafa Sabagh – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

7-    Child Ali Mostafa Alsabagh – 3 years old – son of Nora– executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBXy04UHRVcllrNWM/edit

8-    Girl Rahaf Mostafa Alsabagh – 5 years old – daughter of Nora– executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBXy04UHRVcllrNWM/edit

9-    Girl Ayah Mostafa Alsabagh – student in elementary school – daughter of Nora– executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBXy04UHRVcllrNWM/edit

9 victims from Mostafa Rajab family   (could not attain the name yet)

10-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

11-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

12-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

13-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

14-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

15-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

16-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

17-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

18-                       victim from Mostafa Rajab family – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

19-                       Mahmod Mostafa Rajab – 30 years old – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTHhkODNmYUFBakE/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRGNYaFJqbk1HcTg/edit?usp=sharing

20-                       Ms. Noor Suhaib Khadam – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

21-                       Fetus son of Mahmod Mostafa Rajab –  executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces with his mother Noor

22-                       Girl Fatima daughter of Mahmod Mostafa Rajab – 1 year old – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBUEMwa1dvaXhtVE0/edit?usp=sharing

23-                       child, son of Mahmod Mostafa Rajab – 2 years  old – slaughtered by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTHhkODNmYUFBakE/edit?usp=sharing

24-                       Ms. Iman Mostafa Rajab – 25 years old – lecturer in Teshreen university / computer and automatic control – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

25-                       Ms. Doaa Rajab – 22 years old – hairdresser – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

26-                       Mohamad Abdulrahman Suliman – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

27-                       Wife of Mohamad Abdulrahman Suliman – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

28-                       Child Hamza son of Mohamad Abdulrahman Suliman – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

29-                       Child Abdulrahman son of Mohamad Abdulrahman Suliman – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

30-                       Child Hikmat son of Mohamad Abdulrahman Suliman – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

31-                       Girl Aesha daughter of Mohamad Abdulrahman Suliman – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

32-                       Raafat Abdulrahman Suliman –known as Abo Safwan slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBa3R3clJTYk45TnM/edit?usp=sharing

33-                       Ms. Aesha Taha spouse of Raafat Abdulrahman Suliman –slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

34-                       Safwan son of Raafat Abdulrahman Suliman –slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

35-                       Essam son of Raafat Abdulrahman Suliman –slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

36-                       Ali Mohamad Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

37-                       Ms. Fatat Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

38-                       Ms. Sabah Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

39-                       Ms. Jamila Mohamad Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

40-                       Ms. Subhia Taha – known as Om Ali – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

41-                       Ali Jumaa son of Subhia Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

42-                       Wife of Ali Jumaa – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

43-                       Child son of Ali Jumaa – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

44-                       Child son of Ali Jumaa – infant: 15 days only – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

45-                       Ms. Khadija Taha – known as Om Ahmad – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

46-                       Child son of Khadija Taha – known as Om Ahmad – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

47-                       Another child son of Khadija Taha – known as Om Ahmad – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

48-                       Girl, daughter of Khadija Taha – known as Om Ahmad – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

49-                       Ms. Latfia Abdulkader Jalol – known as Om Mohamad – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

50-                       Girl Yosra Taha – daughter of Latfia Abdulkader Jalol- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

51-                       Mohmad Khaled Taha – 19 years old – son of Latfia Abdulkader Jalol- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdDU0Y0tUTGlDdzQ/edit?usp=sharing

52-                       Child Yaser Khaled Taha – son of Latfia Abdulkader Jalol- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

53-                       Ahmad Mohamd Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

54-                       Omar Mohamad Alshikh – 36 years old – worker at Alhal market – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

55-                       Saaid Abdulrahman Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBeEYtQVQ3ZVduVzA/edit?usp=sharing

56-                       Mahmod Abdulkader Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

57-                       Osama Abdulkader Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

58-                       Ahmad Abdulkader Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

59-                       Girl Noor Abdulfatah Sahioni – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS0xySHRic1RoeGM/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQ2FkdXFIaEtMLWs/edit?usp=sharing

60-                       Child Mohamad Sahioni – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS0xySHRic1RoeGM/edit?usp=sharing

61-                       Girl Rasha Sahioni – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS0xySHRic1RoeGM/edit?usp=sharing

62-                       Girl Hanaa Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS0xySHRic1RoeGM/edit?usp=sharing

63-                       Abdulrahman Saaid Jalol –known as Abo Saaid – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTGk4VzRkMEV2YTA/edit?usp=sharing

64-                       Ms. Bayan Abdulrahman Jalol – Admin Baniyas coordinator page – member of local coordination committees, know as Sham , slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

65-                       Girl Rawan Abdulrahman Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQ2FkdXFIaEtMLWs/edit?usp=sharing

66-                       Girl Sanaa Abdulrahman Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

67-                       Child Mostafa Mohamad Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

68-                       Abdulkader Jalol – 75 years old – known as Dahbash – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBX2IxMzRqNS1uLXc/edit?usp=sharing

69-                       Girl Mona Jalol –- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces       https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdjBPaU1yUUNENU0/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

70-                       Child Abod Jalol-slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdjBPaU1yUUNENU0/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTlVVNXd6dW1SakU/edit?usp=sharing

71-                       Ms Wafaa Mostafa Jalol –daughter of victims Ms. Jalila Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

72-                       Abdulrahman Mostafa Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

73-                       Girl Gazal Said Mostafa Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBdjBPaU1yUUNENU0/edit?usp=sharing

74-                       Girl Hanaa Said Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

75-                       Infant Ibrahim Haitham Skif – 5 months- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBWmRBdWVwVDlXMDQ/edit?usp=sharing

76-                       Infant girl Rafif Mohamad Skif – 5 months- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

77-                       Basam Anis Alzarzor- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

78-                       Samer Anis Alzarzor – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNEt2Q3dWWTl4eFE/edit?uspsharing

79-                       Abo Yousef Alzarzor- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

80-                       Yaser Khaled Husain- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBV1R3aVVTaUNWQTQ/edit?usp=sharing

81-                       Husain Khaled Husain- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

82-                       Ms.Yosra Khaled Husain- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

83-                       Ms Fatat Khaled Husain- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

84-                       Ahmad Hani Husain- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

85-                       Ziad Kamon – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZ3ByXzB0ZnZIdFU/edit?usp=sharing

86-                       Ahmad Adham Kamon- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

87-                       Ms Manar Kamon- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

88-                       Adham Nadim Kamon- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

89-                       Ms Aber Abdulrahman Alshaikha – 35 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

90-                       Abdulrahman Ismael Alshaikha – 64 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBa3R3clJTYk45TnM/edit?usp=sharing

91-                       Ms Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

Seven children, sons of Baidaa Khaled Slaha

92-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

93-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

94-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

95-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

96-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

97-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

98-                       Unknown son of Badiaa Khaled Salha- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

99-                       Ahmad Mohamad Lolo – 40 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNE02bktHMGp5NE0/edit?usp=sharing

100-                  Nawar Mohamad Lolo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBMHVjWGh0YUxOZGM/edit?usp=sharing

101-                  Mahmod Mohamad Lolo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBVlVjYTg3NmJreFk/edit?usp=sharing

102-                  Ahmad Mostafa Alsabagh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

103-                  Ms. Khadija Khalil – spouse of Ahmad Mostafa Alsabagh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

104-                  Ammar Ahmad Alsabagh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

105-                  Mostafa Ali Alsabagh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTkVzc0s2LVVkOWc/edit?usp=sharing

106-                  Nabil Ali Alsabagh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

107-                  Walid Ali Alsabagh- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

108-                  Thaer Mohamad Husamo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

109-                  Abdullatif Husamo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

110-                  Mahmod Mostafa Khadam – known as Abo Mostafa- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBM2pnUkRlRlF1dVE/edit?usp=sharing

111-                  Kutaiba Mahmod Khadam – known as Abo Mostafa- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBUDZlNm9sZGFpTWs/edit?usp=sharing

112-                  Ahmad Mohamad Bakour – 71 years old- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

113-                  Ms. Sanaa Ahmad Almasri- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

114-                  Ms. Mona Adnan Almasri- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

115-                  Kamal Jamal Warid- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

116-                  Ms Fahima Yasin Yasi – 20 years old- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

117-                  Ms Fatima Jamel Alassar – 28 years old- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

118-                  Ms Aesha Khaled Yasi – 20 years old- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

119-                  Child Mohamad Noor Yaser Morad – 9 years old- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

120-                  Ms Halima Mohamad Airot – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBN1VobDJsbUFPVGc/edit?usp=sharing

121-                  Maher Shaaban- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBVkxKd09yVmhoNzA/edit?usp=sharing

122-                  Omar Mossa- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

123-                  Ms. Aesha Sobhi Halima- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

124-                  Faisal Othman Alalkinin- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

125-                  Ms Amal Ali Hujaira- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

126-                  Essa Mohamad Hamik- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

127-                  Child Yaser Yousef Alzier – shelling by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNGVuSEhSTi1XSlE/edit?usp=sharing

128-                  Unknown victim – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBWkx3WjJrWDhYQlE/edit?usp=sharing

129-                   Ragheb Hijazi- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

130-                  Haitham Alfahl- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

131-                  Child son of Haitham Alfahl- executed hot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

132-                  Wife of Haitham Alfahl- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

133-                  Asef Jaber Shaban- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

134-                  Haitham Ibrahim Skaif- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

135-                  Basam Mohamad Hamad – 33 years old – painter – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBcUpjYkU1M09mbDg/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBcVViaDNUTWoxU2s/edit?usp=sharing

136-                  Girl child Ghazal Almasri- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

137-                  Ms. Sabah Mossa- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

138-                   Ms. Sharaf Alfaran- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

139-                  Aboud Abdullah – known as Abod Jamilah- executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

140-                  Omar Othman- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

141-                  Essa Rokhamia- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

142-                  Ali Mohamad Radwan – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBOHdoU1U3Qlc3cVE/edit?usp=sharing

143-                  Girl child daughter of Mohamad Sahioni , known as Hamid Alfahl – burned half of her body by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQktxQVBpWUVzV3M/edit?usp=sharing

144-                  Abdulrazak Awami known as Abo Ziad – owner of vegetable shop – executed after arrested by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces in 3/5/2013https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQVowX0UwdkhLOGs/edit?usp=sharing

145-                  Unknown victim – Gypsy, his body found near Isamel Rkhamia’s shop – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

146-                  Basel Adnan Namora- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

147-                  Mohamad Ahmad Mahmod known as Abo Shaker- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

148-                  Ahmad Ali Saqr – 53 years old –cleaning man , slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZU5OVm1aa2syVlE/edit?usp=sharing

149-                  Mohamad Arnaot – Jabla / Lattakia – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBejZ2U1d3T2pBa1U/edit?usp=sharing

150-                  Ahmad Arnaot – Jabla / Lattakia –  slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

151-                  Mohamad Tayar –  slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

152-                  Badr Ibrahim Awad –  slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBbVZUSFZwYkRMbUU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQ2FkdXFIaEtMLWs/edit?usp=sharing

153-                  Emad unknown victim – displaced from Aleppo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

154-                  Mostafa Ali Husain Alkadro – displaced from Aleppo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

155-                  Mohamad Ali Husain Alkadro – displaced from Aleppo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

156-                  Mohamad Rasol – displaced from Homs- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

157-                  Anas Rasol – displaced from Homs- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

158-                  Ms. Wafaa Rasol – displaced from Homs- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

159-                  Omar Ezz Aldin – displaced from Homs- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

160-                  Wife of Omar Ezz Aldin – displaced from Homs- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

161-                  Child son of Omar Ezz Aldin – displaced from Homs- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

162-                  Unknown name ( Kadro family) – displaced from Aleppo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

163-                  Another Unknown name ( Kadro family) – displaced from Aleppo- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

164-                  Mahmod Kasem Yasin- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

165-                  Ms. Halima Ahmad Yasin- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

166-                  Girl child Montaha Mahmod Yasin- slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

167-                  Girl child Sidra Tahof – 3 years old – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBYWo3UGxFSVc0VzQ/edit?usp=sharing

168-                  Ms. Khadija Khaled Jaloul – wife of Abdulrahman Suliman – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

169-                  Ms Fatima Taha – known as Om Mohamad Suliman -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

170-                  Unknown victim – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBTW5Hc1NVRmp1SDA/edit?usp=sharing

171-                  Another Unknown victim – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBaVYySFJ0X1lDUVU/edit?usp=sharing

172-                  Another Unknown victim – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBVWJuMHJEZTk0QkU/edit?usp=sharing

173-                  Another Unknown victim – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBU1JMVDZIS0RlYU0/edit?usp=sharing

174-                  Another Unknown victim -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBNE1xcHZGVUNMVlE/edit?usp=sharing

175-                  Another Unknown victim -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBSW9TLW9UN2s2c1k/edit?usp=sharing

176-                  Another Unknown victim – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZUJqU2E5OTUyRlk/edit?usp=sharing

177-                  Another Unknown victim – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBWlM4emYtY2Frb2M/edit?usp=sharing

178-                  Child Mostafa Mohamad Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBR0l5LUgyNmhaTEU/edit?usp=sharing

179-                  Child Mohamad Mohamad Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBR0l5LUgyNmhaTEU/edit?usp=sharing

180-                  Child Suhaib Mohamad Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBR0l5LUgyNmhaTEU/edit?usp=sharing

181-                  Girl Fatima Alzahraa Jalol – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBR0l5LUgyNmhaTEU/edit?usp=sharing

182-                  Ahmad Jomaa Taha – slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forceshttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRTJIVFl0amR2WFk/edit?usp=sharing

183-                  Mostafa Taboush -slaughtered and shot by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

184-188-Five unknown victims burned by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQ1I1aTVqZ0Y1RTg/edit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEH7uCjQFHU&feature=youtu.be

189-196 – Eight unknown victims executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces they found handicapped near Isamel Rkhamia’s shop

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRG1PU296TWR6SVU/edit

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZElnYm9iTkdaaFE/edit?usp=sharing

 

Names of kidnapped civilians:

Large number of civilians have been kidnapped by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces, to this date; we couldn’t know anything about them

SNHR could documented 40 civilian victims of residents:

1-    Sadek Mohamad Hadla

2-    Amer Mohamd Hadla

3-    Maher Mohamd Hadla

4-    Alaa Mohamad Hadla

5-    Alaa Jawdat Hadla

6-    Yaser Abdulrazak Alsaid

7-    Gaiath Mohi Aldin with his father

8-    Abdulaziz Awama

9-    Shikh Shahada Omar Alsaid – Imam of the village mosque

10-                       Yahia Hasan Abdulwahed

11-                       Mostafa Mohamad Morad

12-                       Khaled Mohamad Morad

13-                       Jalal Mohamad Morad

14-                       Ahmad Ali Amesh

15-                       Omar Ahmad Amesh

16-                       Yaser Ahmad Amesh

17-                       Ali Mohamd Halom

18-                       Ahmad Mohamad Halom ( handicapped)

19-                       Wael Mohamad Halom – 13 years old

20-                       Mohamad Ahmad Amish with his sons – 55 years old

21-                       Adnan Abdulaziz Awama – 14 children

22-                       Alaa Mohamad Amish – 16 years old

23-                       Khaled Mohamad Amish – 14 years old

24-                       Abdulkarem Amish with his sons

25-                       Mohamad Ali Halom

26-                       Mostafa Halom 70 years old

27-                       Mohamad Abdulkader Khalil almost 40 years old

28-                       Mohamad Shaker 50 years old

29-                       Osama Mohamad Shaker 18 years old

30-                       Ammar Mohamad Shaker 50 years old

31-                       Abdulrahman Mohamad Amish 15 years old

32-                       Mostafa Mohamad Amish 8 years old

33-                       Walid Khalil ( Abo Mohamad Ghanom) 50 years old

34-                       Khaled Salem Husain – 50 years old

35-                       Abdulkarim Ismael Mahmod – 60 years old

36-                       Mahmod Ahmad Morad with his children

37-                       Mohmad Aljundi

38-                       Khaled Aljundi

39-                       Ahmad Aljundi

40-                       Adnan Aljundi

 

Appendixes and attachments:

Video document Ras Alnabaa massacre:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXUec2MmAM&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D24YXWILnxU&feature=youtu.be

Video shows corpses in Ras Alnabaa streets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEH7uCjQFHU&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5RgU-hVgTE&feature=youtu.be

Video shows Shabiha burning houses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkr2avAfiu0&feature=youtu.be

Photos document Ras Alnabaa massacre

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBWXd3SWpreWJ3U1E/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQ1I1aTVqZ0Y1RTg/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZUtLY3ZBY3FMc2c/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZElnYm9iTkdaaFE/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBMlhxZkNJQkV1Q1E/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBbnFSQUNSdkNpdms/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRG1PU296TWR6SVU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBLVhNX2MzTnE3WEU/edit?usp=sharing

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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBSFZWWDNSVy1hTlk/edit?usp=sharing

Photos for burring the massacre’s victims

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBZ2g1YVcwT084NzQ/edit?usp=sharing

Photos for slaughtered children

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBMm5GT3JlWVMtd0U/edit?usp=sharing

Photos of burned bodies

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS0xySHRic1RoeGM/edit?usp=sharing

Photos for children have been slaughtered

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBS0xySHRic1RoeGM/edit?usp=sharing

 

Responsibility of States

Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

Responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts, similarly Customary IHL provides that states that the state is responsible for all acts committed by a members of its military and security forces, thus the states is responsible of wrongful acts committed by its military and security forces including crimes against humanity

Prohibition crimes against humanity are among the rules of jus cogens or peremptory, and punish such crimes is compulsory according to the General principles of international law. Moreover, the crimes against humanity are the height violations of basic human rights, such as the right to life and prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. In accordance with the principles of State responsibility in international law, Syrian Arabic Republic hold responsibility for such crimes and violations, the duty to ensure punishment of the perpetrators individually and the duty to provide compensation to victims

 

SNHR hold all violations committed by Syrian Government Armed Forces to the Syrian government and the  General Commander of the army and the armed forces, Bashar Al-Assad, and to all the officials of security branches, and to all  financially and morally supporters to those forces, with the legal judicial and material consequences to the victims and their families in addition to all the reactions that will come by the families  or their friends

 

Conclusions:

1-    SNHR emphasizes that collective and individual killings as reported previously was deliberately targeted unarmed civilians, despite government claims that Alqaeda and terrorists committed these crimes, thus Syria Government’s Armed Forces and Shabiha violated international human rights law that protects the right of life, along with being committed in non-international armed conflicts a crimes tantamount to war crimes and had all the conditions

2-    SNHR emphasizes that the killings that occurred in Baniyas are crimes against humanity,  and elements of systematic and widespread attack against civilian population in the town, where there were a siege, shelling, ground attack, house searches, executions

The same applies on rape, kidnapping, looting and thefts even it is relatively less than Extrajudicial killings.

3-    Random Attacks committed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces considered as violation of customary international humanitarian law, where they shelled a populated areas not a specific military target

4-    Those attacks, especially bombings, have caused occasional losses of civilian life, injury or damage to civilian objects. There are very strong indications to believe that the damage was too excessive when compared to the expected military advantage.

5-    Syrian Government’s Armed Forces and Shabiha committed various types of cruel and inhuman acts of torture against people in violation of the State’s obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law

6-    SNHR emphasis that Syrian Government’s Armed Forces and Shabiha war crime of looting. And contributed to the destruction and burning of property during searches of homes in the events of Baniyas.

7-    The volume of the massacre and repeated nature of the massacres, the excessive force used and random nature of the shelling and coordinated nature of the attack couldn’t be unless under the higher guidance which is a state policy

 

Recommendations :

 Syrian Government   

1-    Immediately stop all human rights’ violations.

2-    Respect international obligations of protection of civilians in time of war, and respect the rules of international humanitarian law and international human rights law

Human Rights Council:

1-    Demand the Security Council and the concerned international institutions to hold their responsibilities of what’s happening for the Syrian People of killing, rape, displacement, and arrested

2-    Pay more serious attention to torture-death cases which considered as the worst type of crimes at all

3-    Pressure the Syrian Government Troops to stop torturing and  killing and release all kidnapped and arrested

4-    Hold allies and supporters of the Syrian Government Troops: Russia, Iran and China, the morally and physically responsible for what’s happening to the Syrian people

Security Council:

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

2-    Warn the Syrian Government Troops of the repercussions for using brutal methods on the stability of civil peace and coexistence between the people of the same society

Arab League:

1-    Demand Human Right Council and United Nations to give a serious and right attention of stop daily killing

2-    Political and diplomatic pressure on the Syrian Government Troops ‘s main allies – Russia, Iran andChina-to prevent them from continuously providing cover and international and political protection for all the crimes committed against the Syrian people and hold them morally and physically responsible for all the excesses of the Syrian Government Troops

3-    Serious attention of this case and give it a high priority, and try to take care of victims’ families psychologically, materially, and educationally

Kenyan Police Accused of Abusing Somali Refugees in Nairobi

By Erica Smith
Impunity Watch Reporter, Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya — A new 68-page report from Human Rights Watch alleges that some 1,000 Somali refugees have been abused and arbitrarily detained by Kenyan police over the course of 10 weeks. The police abuse is believed to be retaliation for grenade attacks carried out in a mainly Somali section of Nairobi.

Ubah Abdi Warsame in her Nairobi apartment. (Photo courtesy of Aljazeera)

The police raids were carried out in accordance with a government plan to relocate Somali refugees from Eastleigh, or “Little Mogadishu”, to a large refugee camp outside of the city. Kenyan officials believe that moving the refugees will improve national security in the wake of attacks that are believed to have been carried out by Somalis.

Somalis report that police ransacked their homes, carried out beatings, and demanded cash payment. Seven women are believed to have been raped by the police and the refugees were repeatedly called ‘terrorists’.

Ubah Abdi Warsame, a 32 year-old mother of five, told Aljazeera that she was beaten by the police and then detained in squalid conditions for eight hours until a friend could pay the $60 bribe to get her released. “We’d got used to hassle from the police and paying small bribes,” Warsame, 32, said. “But when they started searching houses, beating Somalis and taking them to the cells, it was quite terrifying. I have nightmares because of the beatings I got from police.”

The police refute the allegations contained in the report. Police spokesman Masood Mwinyi told Sabahi that “The allegations by the refugees against [police] who protect them are total lies and unbelievable… It can never be that our way of operation is through torture, rape, extortion, arbitrary arrests and detentions. Our orders and policy is to protect everyone within our borders irrespective of social standing. If we were that bad as the report puts it, then I doubt we would be the largest hosts of refugees worldwide.” The police are to release a more comprehensive statement in the coming days.

Police in Kenya have a history of human rights and impunity issues that instigated police reform in 2010. Before the reforms the president had the power to hire and fire police chiefs which often lead to the harassment of political enemies and dissenters. A culture of corruption and bribe taking still exist as police officers are often underpaid, live in poor conditions, and are under-equipped and understaffed.

 

For more information, please see:

Washington Post — Kenya police accused of abuse, torture, rape of Somali refugees after terror attacks — 29 May 2013

Aljazeera —  ’10 weeks of hell’ for Somalis in Kenya — 29 May 2013

Sahabi — Kenyan police deny abuse allegations, watchdog agency to weigh in — 31 May 2013

Human Rights Watch — Kenya: Police Abuse Nairobi’s Refugees — 29 May 2013

Human Rights Watch — “You Are All Terrorists” — 30 May 2013

#OccupyGezi Protesters Defy Bulldozers and Teargas in the Fight to Save Istanbul’s Last Public Green Space

By Kathryn Maureen Ryan
Impunity Watch Reporter, Middle East Desk

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish authorities detained at least sixty people Friday in relation to protests against the policies of Turkish Prime Minister Recap Tayyip Erdogan. Demonstrations have broken out in several cities including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Bodrum.

Turkish police use teargas and water cannons against peaceful demonstrators in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo Courtesy of Aljazeera)

Nationwide protests have occurred since May 28, when activists organized peaceful demonstrations against the proposed demolition of Gezi Park on Taksim Square in Istanbul. Considered the city’s last public green space, the park would be demolished to make way for a development project that would include the construction of a replica of historic military barracks built by the Ottoman Empire. A commercial shopping center would also be built on the property.

Protesters argue that the development plan is not part of a historic preservation project, but rather an excuse to build more malls and commercial shopping complexes in the heart of Istanbul.

Protesters used social media to spread awareness about the proposed destruction of the park as well as organize peaceful demonstrations. On May 28,protesters began setting up tents and sleeping bags to prevent bulldozers from entering the park. Even after authorities cleared the park by using teargas, protesters continued to gather in the park.

On Friday, the term #OccupyGezi was tweeted more than 160,000 times. Several protesters chose to Tweet in English to raise international awareness about the protests and the actions of the Turkish police.

As news of the police reaction to the peaceful demonstration spread though social media and other outlets, demonstrations broke out in other cities across the country. Many people saw the proposed demolition of Gezi Park, and the reaction of the authorities to the demonstrations, as an example of what they claim are the increasing authoritarian policies of Prime Minister Erdogan, who assumed office in 2003.

Many people across Turkey have grown increasingly frustrated with Erdogan’s authoritarian policies, including a law that would ban vendors from selling liquor between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. The people also show frustration over Erdogan’s policies toward the conflict in Syria.

According to Architecture Historian Ugur Tanyeli, Istanbul is “starved for green space.” Tanyeli argues that it is difficult to see this project as a legitimate historical preservation project because we do not know exactly how the Ottoman Empire barracks would have looked. Like many Turks, Tanyeli sees the project as another example of Erdogan’s authoritarian policies: “the real problem is not Taksim, and not the park, but the lack of any form of democratic decision-making process and the utter lack of consensus. We now have a prime minister who does whatever he wants.”

In response to the increased awareness of the protests and the project, a district court has agreed to hear the arguments against the rebuilding of historic barracks and shopping center, and has called for the project to be put on hold.

For further information, please see:

Aljazeera — Protestors #OccupyGezi to Save Istanbul Park — 31 May 2013

Aljazeera — Turkey Arrests Anti-Government Protestors — 31 May 2013

CNN International — Report: Court to Hear Case at Center of Istanbul Protests — 31 May 2013

The Guardian — Turkey Protesters in Violent Clashes with Police over Park Demolition — 31 May 2013

For real-time developments, follow #OccupyGezi on Twitter