Syrian genocide needs justice
JANUARY 21, 2014 BY AMMAR
JANUARY 21, 2014 BY AMMAR
Opinion: Syrian genocide needs justice – CNN.com.
Although their report relies solely on a low-ranking member of the Assad regime, the accompanying evidence of 55,000 horrific photographs documenting the death of more than 11,000 detainees constitutes overwhelming proof.
As Crane said, “This is direct evidence of the regime’s killing machine.” Now there can be little denying that the violent campaign orchestrated by the Assad regime is indeed tantamount to genocide.
With close to 130,000 deaths, 2 million refugees in neighboring countries and more than 5 million internally displaced victims, Syria’s civil war has indeed evolved as a reaction to a campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing unleashed by the Assad regime in mid-2011 to quash the largely peaceful protest movement.
Meanwhile, equating a systematic and premeditated campaign of terror that exploited the full might of the state with random violations committed by rebel groups (who often fail to coordinate their activities, even as they fight in the same neighborhoods) will serve to make reaching a viable agreement well-nigh impossible.The images of the 11,000 detainees who died in al-Assad’s concentration camps cry out for simple justice, not oblivion. They demand that we hold the criminals accountable, not for sweeping the truth under the rug. Achieving this may not be convenient, but it is necessary, both for strategic and moral reasons.
THARWA FOUNDATION
http://tharwa.org
http://tharwa.org
Since its quiet launch in Syria in 2001, the Tharwa Foundation has been slowly working to immerse herself in midst of the revolutionary potential swelling in that country and across the Broader Middle East and North Africa region. In doing this, Tharwa has always stood in favor of nonviolent change and dedicated her activities and programs to enabling and empowering the emerging liberal democratic voices, while recognizing that working for the development of liberal democratic states and societies in the region will not be a short-term project, but a challenge that needs to be confronted methodically for generations to come. Tharwa plans to rise up to the challenge, by…
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