A Comprehensive Statistic Regarding the Civilians Killed in the Syrian Revolution with Names, time, locations, images, and video

A statistic covering the time period of 18/3/2011 to 31/8/2012

A statement from the Syrian Network for Human Rights: the number of civilians killed in Syria exceeds the death toll of the Libyan revolution.

The civilian death toll of the Syrian revolution has reached a total of 25,860 deaths. The Syrian Network for Human Rights cannot document deaths on both armed sides (FSA and Syrian Army) due to the regime not allowing the network to work on Syria territory. It is only In rare cases that the network is able to document deaths on the sides of the Syrian Army of the Free Syrian Army. 

 

Total death toll: 25869

Children: 1822

Female children: 558

Male children: 1284

Women: 1918

Those detained then tortured to death: 804

 

*Important note: In official wars, it is expected that women and children makeup no more than 2% of the death toll. However, in the case of the Syrian regime, the network calculated: 

7% of the victims in Syria are women and children

 

This means that the Syrian regime exceeded 3x the expected 2%. This phenomenon testifies to the Syrian regime’s systematic shelling and killing of civilians. The civilians of Syria have every right to be protected by the international community and human rights organizations. However, no bit of protection has reached the Syrian people nor did the killing stop for a moment. 

 

When the Syrian Network for Human Rights states that 25869 people were killed, that means that it has 25869 names that are accompanied, in most cases, by still images or videos, all of which are in the attached pdf file. The statistic does not contain any repeated names. We can send excel spreadsheets which contain more detailed information, such as the national numbers victims. We have provided the service to some parties already. It is also important to note that we don’t merely publish numbers. We rather publish full and detailed reports regarding death tolls. 

 

The code by which the Syrian Network for Human Rights abides by is ver clear. We only document civilian deaths, as civilians are the most harmed and make up the majority of deaths. This also due to impossibility of documenting the deaths from any armed party (whether it be the Syrian Army or the FSA). We cannot document deaths form the regime’s side as the regime refuses to grant us a license to work on Syrian grounds and its detention of some of our members. We also cannot document deaths from the FSA’s side as many of their dead are buried in the battle field before we get a hold of their names. There are, however, rare cases where were able to document the death of FSA fighters. The number of deaths from the FSA’ side does not exceed 1505 deaths. 

 

*This pdf link contains the pdf file with all the detailed information:

http://www.syrianhr.org/Attach/ALL_31_08_2012.pdf

 

 

Based on what we documented, the deaths are distributed in the following way: 

Homs: 6564

Rural Damascus: 4210

Idlib: 3619

Hama: 2780

Daraa: 2689

Aleppo: 2148

Dier Alzoor: 1544

Damascus: 1148

Alqunaytirah: 175

Alhasakah: 149

Alraqqah: 94

Tartus: 74

Alsowayda: 22

Foreign nationalities (most are Palestinians and some are journalists): 122

 

We note that there are many cases where the Syrian Network for Human rights was not able to document deaths. The cases include, massacres, sieges, and cut-off communication. Thus, the death toll is possibly much higher than what was documented. For there are many cases where residents bury their dead, before we can reach them, in mass graves in order to avoid the spread of diseases. 

 

We, in the Syrian Network for Human Rights, hold the Syrian head of state and commander-and-chief of the armed forces, Bashar Alassad, fully responsible for the massacres, killings, and torture in Syria. We also consider the regime’s pillars and the leaders of the security forces and military, partners in crime. In the same context, we consider the Iranian government to be another partner in crime, in addition to all other supporters of the Syrian regime. All the mentioned parties bear responsibility for all consequences and reactions that come from the Syrian people. We also demand that the Security Council and the UN take swift action and make decisions in order to protect the civilians in Syria. We call upon the UN and the Security Council to live up to their claimed moral and legal responsibilities and to work towards bringing those responsible for crimes in Syria to the International Criminal Court.

 

Syrian Network for Human Rights – London
Website: www.syrianhr.org
Email: press@syrianhr.org
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