The politics of Hama Massacre: – Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS)

Important report: The policy of the ban of Human rights and media organisations causes a loss of humanitarian shock and prevents the documentation of events (the politics of Hama massacre in 1982)

The politics of Hama Massacre:

We, in the Syrian network for human right would like to verify that the numbers of civilian martyrs which have not been confirmed have greatly exceeded the numbers which are authenticated in names and photos in our own records. There are dozens of cases that we were not able to reach due to the siege which has been imposed by the Syrian regime, which obliterated the evidence of the crimes of many cases; this made it impossible to reach to the customary international standards and requirements.

We also condemn the policy of the ban of human rights organisations and we believe that the Syrian regime is responsible for disallowing them to work inside the country and authenticate, this leads to the disappearance of thousands of Syrian citizens without the knowledge of their destiny. In addition to this, the international community with all its institutions, especially the Security Council and United Nations, are also responsible as they have not imposed the necessary pressure in this particular matter. The Syrian situation is probably the most uncommon situation on this planet as many human rights and media organisations and even relief organisations are banned to work, such as the Syrian local or international networks for human rights.

A strong example which confirms the urgency of the matter discussed in this report is what happened on Friday, 09/03/2012. On that day the Syrian regime committed atrocious criminal acts such as killing and raping women in Ashira neighbourhood and AlRifa’i neighbourhood in the city of Homs. In the beginning the news reached us that a blockade on the neighbourhood was subjected by the army and Syrian regime thugs, and that only 14 civilians were killed on that day, however, the real number of dead people exceeded 225, in addition to the disappearance of a few civilians. The facts of this case were not discovered to an accurate extent until about ten months later and after many questionings and investigations have taken place. This meant that the massacre was forgotten and did not take the required echo in the local Arabian region or internationally even though it was one of the most outrageous crimes against humanity and can be elevated as a war crime. This massacre was one of the most horrendous massacres of the Syrian revolution.

Date of incident: 09/03/2012 until 11/03/2012

Details of the incident

As we were told by some of those who escaped death or had recently healed from their deep injuries and who are in the city of Homs till now, in addition to the witnesses accounts and the gathering of information over a period of several weeks, on Friday morning, a blockade was subjected on Ashira neighbourhood by the Syrian army and Syrian regime thugs which came from the neighbouring neighbourhoods which support the regime. This was followed by the first stage of the continuous heavy shelling which for a period of 18 hours, this caused dozens of deaths and a great number of casualties, the shelling then took place in AlRifa’i and AlAdwiya neighbourhoods.

The civilians who tried to escape and immigrate were mostly women and children; however the Syrian army’s shelling followed them and killed 22 women and 13 children as they were trying to get away.

The second stage following the shelling was the storming of the neighbourhood. The Syrian army facilitated the entry of hundreds of Syrian regime thugs with the aid of tanks, weapons and arms on Sunday morning, 11/03/2012. Following this, summary executions took place. The thugs attacked homes and arrested dozens of the neighbourhood’s citizens, in addition to raping women and slaughtering dozens of citizens with knives, finally, they ended their dreadful acts by filtering those who were still alive by shooting them with guns, aiming at their heads and chests from short distances.

The most difficult issue, as we pointed out earlier in this report, that a few activists entered the neighbourhood after the Syrian army and the thugs withdrew, however, they were not able to verify 10% as the slaughter and rape mostly took place inside homes which were broken into. The truth only started to emerge as some bodies became rotten inside homes and the facts regarding what happened became clarified.

This massacre resulted in the deaths of 224 citizens, and we were only able to document these deaths in names, photos and videos after a long period of time. we did not expect that the number of dead people would be this high, and we confirm that there are still many people missing which were not able to reach or obtain any sort of information about their whereabouts, all this is due to the blockage and the ban which is subjected by the Syrian regime.

Witness of one of the survivors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vKYKRh_Si_6I&featurerelated

one of the girls who witnesses the massacre:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vINsuQ4Uk38Q&featureyoutu.be

Attachments:

Firstly, the following clips verify the names in videos of the victims and the massacre:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vJnz1YvBMm04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vuPMLtO_VWQI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vEEzs4kc1uro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vBW7o6HYO8n4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v6R5tTBhiF5M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vhJeWQPiA0VQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vT71mwvgApLg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vYRtBPKOdrcs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vXUNKPOh55GU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vnGz87YglpEI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vV_7hpxev5Hs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vcp5k9QniITU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vacAStRnNzns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vfGxVAHXGdMc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vkjPd60OAvQg

http://youtu.be/yW0TSx12-lY

lLeaked footage from a phone of Syrian regime thugs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vhg7XOUfuR5c&featureyoutu.be

A collection of pictures of documented martyrs:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?seta.286205754814871.51365.122659141169534&type1

Secondly, the following clips confirm what has happened to AlAshira, AlAdwia, AlRifa’i and Karam Al Zaitoon neighbourhoods due to the shelling before the houses were stormed and the massacres were committed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v3ZNioUwfmJk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vNlNg_5KQ-ms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vlsrSod_x8gw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vaqV-zEtEF1o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vYOYoRgJmjbY

We, The Syrian Network of Human rights, seek to protect and defend human rights. We explicitly condemn this horrific massacre which is openly classified as a crime against Human Rights, along with the remaining massacres against the Syrian people – all of which have been committed by Assad forces. We hold the Syrian regime, the Commander in Chief of the Armed forces full and direct responsibility of the massacre. In addition to this, we also hold Russia, Iran and Hizbullah direct responsibility of the killing as they continue to provide the Syrian regime with weapons and money. We call for the United Nations and Security Council to take immediate action and speed to protect the Syrian people and to live up to their responsibilities. We urge them to accelerate their steps in referring all those involved in this massacre to the International Criminal Court.

After two months of continuous hard work by one of our activists in the Syrian network of human rights in Homs we were able through accurate and consistent work and through our visits to many of the relatives in city and dozens of families to verify 224 martyrs names (44 of the victims were children and 48 were women) as we mentioned earlier, this was achieved after much hard work and exceptional efforts:

1. Mayada Bahlawan , AlA’dwiya, summery execution, mother of Ahmad Barudi

2. Mohammad Kher AlBarudi , AlA’dwiya, summery execution

3. Adel Barudi , AlA’dwiya, summery execution, father of Ahmad Barudi

4. Ahmad Barudi, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

5. Kawthar Bahader, AlA’dwiya, summery execution, mother of Khaled and Mohammad Kher

6. Bashar Barudi, 12 years, AlA’dwiya, summery execution,

7. Hana AlSafa, AlA’dwiya, summery execution, mother of AlBarudi

8. Abdul Rahman Barudi, 6 years, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

9. Asmaa Barudi, 5 years, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

10. Khaled Barudi, 6 years, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

11. Aisha Abara, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

12. Khaled AlFaqsh, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

13. Yaser Atfah, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

14. Naser Al Hasan, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

15. Laurence Hasan Agha, child, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

16. Taha Hasan Agha, child, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

17. Zaina Hasan Agha, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

18. Jamal Hasan Agha, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

19. Marwan Khaled Ajaj, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

20. Adnan AlAs’ad, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

21. Adham AlAsa’ad, AlA’dwiya, summery execution, son of Adnan AlAs’ad

22. Hafez AlAs’ad, AlA’dwiya, summery execution, son of Adnan AlAs’ad

23. Inas Dawaghnaji, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

24. Qamar Rajoob, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

25. Um Zainab AlFarra, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

26. Ahmad Hasira, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

27. Isma’el Hasira, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

28. Isam Hasira, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

29. Omar AlAjal, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

30. Aboudi AlAjal, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

31. Ammar AlJammal, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

32. A women from AlMasri household, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

33. Abdul Salam Ajaj, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

34. AbdulGhani AlFaqsh, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

35. Taher Shofan, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

36. Ahmad AlKsebi, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

37. Ahmad Sa’ad AlDeen, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

38. Abdul Rahman Dwaghnaji, child, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

39. Abdul Allah Dawaghnaji, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

40. Mazen yousef Hamza, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

41. Haitham Yousef Hamza, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

42. Mohammad AlHasan AlFalastini, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

43. Ali AlHasan AlFalastini, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

44. Abdul Razaq AlHasan AlFalastini, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

45. Lutfi AlHasan AlFalastini, child, AlA’dwiya, summery execution

46. Yusra Khalaf Darwish AlOmar, AlRifa’i, summery execution

47. Hatem AlSalman, Abu Naser, 31 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

48. Hanadi Hatem AlSalman, 11 years, child, AlRifa’i, summery execution

49. Amani AlSalman, 7 years, child, AlRifa’i, summery execution

50. Ferdaws AlSalman, 4 years, child, AlRifa’i, summery execution

51. Aisha AlSalman, 3 years, child, AlRifa’i, summery execution

52. Naser AlSalman, 9 months, AlRifa’i, summery execution

53. Hmeda Dawish, , AlRifa’i, summery execution, sister of Ahmad Darwish

54. Wa’d Darwish, 20 years, 8 months pregnant, AlRifa’i, summery execution

55. Masa Yaser Darwish, 2 years, daughter of Wa’d, AlRifa’i, summery execution

56. Yasmeen Slema, AlRifa’i, summery execution

57. Baha AlDarwish, 3 years, son of Yasmin, AlRifa’i, summery execution

58. Maria AlDarwish, 1 year, daughter of Yasmin, AlRifa’i, summery execution

59. Nagham Akla, AlRifa’i, summery execution

60. Mohammad Khalaf AlDarwish, , AlRifa’i, summery execution

61. Ahmad Khalaf AlDarwsih, AlRifa’i, summery execution

62. Maher Obaid Darwish, AlRifa’i, summery execution

63. Majed Mubarak Salman, AlRifa’i, summery execution

64. Father Mohammad Khaled AlAhmad, 50 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

65. A’hd AlAja, wife of Mohammad Khaled AlAhmad, 40 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

66. Anas Mohammad Khaled AlAhmad, 18 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

67. Tareq Mohammad Khaled Al Ahmad, 14 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

68. Abdullah Mohammad Khaled AlAhmad, 10 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

69. Banan Mohammad Khaled AlAhmad, 15 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

70. Huthaifa Ahmad AlAhmad, 7 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

71. Shaima Ahmad Al Ahmad, 2 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

Summary executions which took plane on 12/03/2012:

72. Imad Shadid, AlRifa’i, summery execution

73. AbdulRhaman Shadid, AlRifa’i, summery executed with his family members

74. Abdullah Mohammad Shadid, AlRifa’i, summery execution

75. Saba Naser AlShanshari, AlRifa’i, summery execution

76. Aya Abdullah Shadid, AlRifa’i, summery execution

77. Nour AlHorani, AlRifa’i, summery execution

78. Hana Mahu, 60 years, wife of Mohammad Shadid, AlRifa’i, summery execution

79. Hana Iman Shadid, 18 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

80. Nader Imad Shadid, 10 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

81. Mohammad Imad Shadid, 8 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

82. Iyad Imad Shadid, 2 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

83. Jihad Mohammad Shadid, AlRifa’i, summery execution

84. Randa Al Sharbatli, AlRifa’i, summery execution

85. Mohammad Jihad Shadid, 9 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

86. Israa Jihad Shadid, 5 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

87. Rama Jihad Shadid, 2 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

88. Mohamoud AlMjawer, AlRifa’i, summery execution

89. Fayza Ali AlMjawer, wife of Mahmoud AlMjawer, AlRifa’i, summery execution

90. Yousuf AlMjawer, AlRifa’i, summery execution

91. Khaled Ammar AlAbbas, Wife of Yousuf, AlRifa’i, summery execution

92. Mahmoud Yousuf AlMjawer, 12 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

93. Ghada Yousuf AlMjawer, 8 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

94. Mariam Yousuf AlMjawer, 6 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

95. Mohammad Yousuf AlMjawer, 3 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

96. Ahmad Yousuf AlMjawer, one year and a half, AlRifa’i, summery execution

97. Ali Mahmoud AlMjawer, AlRifa’i, summery execution

98. Hala AlNaddaf, wife of Ali, AlRifa’i, summery execution

99. Marwan Ali AlMjawer, AlRifa’i, summery execution

100. Farhan AlAmmar, AlRifa’i, summery execution

101. Mohammad Farhan AlAmmar, AlRifa’i, summery execution

102. Badr Mohammad AlAmmar, AlRifa’i, summery execution

103. Naser Abdo Hadood, Karam AlZaitoon, summery executed and his body was abducted

104. Hila Khalifa, AlRifa’i, summery execution

105. AbdulKareem Khalifa, AlRifa’i, summery execution

106. AbdulRahmad AbdulKareem Khalifa, 3 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

107. Yousuf AbdulKareem Khalifa, 2 years and 2 months old, AlRifa’i, summery execution

108. Mohammad AlNghemesh, AlRifa’i, summery execution

109. Halima Mohammad AlNghemesh, wife of Mohammad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

110. Fahad Mohammad AlNghemesh, 3 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

111. Maher Skaf, AlRifa’i, summery execution

112. Nasser Skaf, AlRifa’i, summery execution

113. Khaled Atiya AlSa’eed, AlRifa’i, summery execution

114. Sula Obaid AlJasem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

115. Khaled Obaid Aljasem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

116. Thalji AlThalji, AlRifa’i, summery execution

117. Hmeed AlThalji, AlRifa’i, summery execution

118. Manifa Hmeed AlThalji, AlRifa’i, summery execution

119. Faraj Hmeed AlThalji, AlRifa’i, summery execution

120. Wa’d Hmeed AlThalji, AlRifa’i, summery execution

121. Malak Hmeed AlThalji, AlRifa’i, summery execution

122. Abu Mohammad Hilal, AlRifa’i, summery execution

123. Hamida Hilal AlHasan, wife of Abu Mohammad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

124. Khaled Hilal AlHasan, AlRifa’i, summery execution

125. Mahmoud Hilal AlHasan, AlRifa’i, summery execution

126. Wa’el AlQusair, AlRifa’i, summery execution

127. Ali Ahmad AlAhmad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

128. E’z AlDeen AlAhmad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

129. Mohammad AlA’nezan, AlRifa’i, summery execution

130. Shaman AlShaman, AlRifa’i, summery execution

131. Sulaiman Jasem AlDara’a, AlRifa’i, summery execution

132. Wife of Sulaiman Jasem AlDara’a, AlRifa’i, summery execution

133. First son of Sulaiman Jasem AlDara’a, AlRifa’i, summery execution

134. Second son of Sulaiman Jasem AlDara’a, AlRifa’i, summery execution

135. Third son of Sulaiman Jasem AlDara’a, AlRifa’i, summery execution

136. Fourth son of Sulaiman Jasem AlDara’a, AlRifa’i, summery execution

137. Khalifa AlMuhemed, AlRifa’i, summery execution

138. Raya Khalifa AlMuhemed, AlRifa’i, summery execution

139. Nujoud Khalifa AlMuhemed, AlRifa’i, summery execution

140. Athra Majbel AlA’etha, AlRifa’i, summery execution

141. Alaa Majbel AlA’etha, AlRifa’i, summery execution

142. Sha’ila Raheel AlShamsan, AlRifa’i, summery execution

143. Anwar Raheel Alshamsan, a defected soldier, AlRifa’i, summery execution

144. Madeen Raheel AlShamsan, AlRifa’i, summery execution

145. Sharif Bandar AlSharif, 17 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

146. Khaled AlBahsoun, AlRifa’i, summery execution

147. Ali Khaled AlBahsoun, 22 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

148. Ibrahim Khaled AlBahsoun, 14, years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

149. Khaled AlFadl, 45 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

150. Khaled Khansar, 60 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

151. Mazen AlGhannam, AlRifa’i, summery execution

152. Khadr AlBahsoun, AlRifa’i, summery execution

153. Abu Khaled AlHamwi, AlRifa’i, summery execution

154. Mohammad AlHamwi, son of Abu Khaled, AlRifa’i, summery execution

155. Sulaiman AlFares, AlRifa’i, summery execution

156. Raw’a AlFares, wife of Sulaiman, AlRifa’i, summery execution

157. Taha AlFares, AlRifa’i, summery execution

158. Abu Nazeeh AlShami, AlRifa’i, summery execution

159. Wife of Abu Nazeeh, AlRifa’i, summery execution

160. Nazeeh AlShami, AlRifa’i, summery execution

161. Ali AlShami, AlRifa’i, summery execution

162. Abdo AlShami, AlRifa’i, summery execution

163. Mohammad AlHammoud, AlRifa’i, summery execution

164. Mahdiya AlHammoud, wife of Mohammad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

165. First son of Mohammad AlHammoud, AlRifa’i, summery execution

166. Second son of Mohammad AlHammoud, AlRifa’i, summery execution

167. Third son of Mohammad AlHammoud, AlRifa’i, summery execution

168. Sulaiman AlKhalif, AlRifa’i, summery execution

169. Hila AlSalman, wife of Sulaiman AlKhalif, AlRifa’i, summery execution

170. Hajar AlKhalif, 16 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

171. AbdulRahman AlKhalif, 2 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

172. Noura AlKhalif, 4 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

173. Balhan Awad AlBalhan, AlRifa’i, summery execution

174. Ali Qreet, AlRifa’i, summery execution

175. Hussain AlNahar AlTirkawi, AlRifa’i, summery execution

176. AbdulHameed Hasbo, AlRifa’i, summery execution

177. Naser Hatem AlTarqi, AlRifa’i, summery execution

178. Halal Sha’la, AlRifa’i, summery execution

179. Amal Sha’la, wife of Halal, AlRifa’i, summery execution

180. Sand Sha’la, 12 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

181. Nour Sha’la, 11 years, AlRifa’i, summery execution

182. Ali AlMusaitef, AlRifa’i, summery execution

183. Hussain AlMusaitef, AlRifa’i, summery execution

184. Anas AlShami, AlRifa’i, summery execution

185. Hilal Hilal, AlAhmad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

186. Maisar Hilal AlAhmad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

187. Mohammad Hilal AlAhmad, AlRifa’i, summery execution

188. Badr AlDeen Saloum, AlRifa’i, summery execution

189. Hisham AlYousud, AlRifa’i, summery execution

190. Farhan AlAtiya, AlRifa’i, summery execution

191. Imad AlAtiya, AlRifa’i, summery execution

192. Ahmad AlTaher, AlRifa’i, summery execution

193. Ibrahim AlAli, AlRifa’i, summery execution

194. Waleed AlAli, AlRifa’i, summery execution

195. Hussain AlJasem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

196. Maysar AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

197. Wife of Maysar AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

198. First son of Maysar AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

199. Second son of Maysar AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

200. Third son of Maysar AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

201. Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

202. Wife of Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

203. First son of Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

204. Second son of Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

205. Third son of Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

206. Fourth son of Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

207. Ali Dyab, a retired colonel, Farhan AlGhanem, AlRifa’i, summery execution

208. Mariam wife of Ali Dyab, AlRifa’i, summery execution

209. Azzam Ali Dyab, , AlRifa’i, summery execution

210. Second son of Ali Dyab, , AlRifa’i, summery execution

211. Third son of Ali Dyab, , AlRifa’i, summery execution

212. Fourth son of Ali Dyab, , AlRifa’i, summery execution

213. A man from Al AlHaswa, AlRifa’i, summery execution

214. Wife of man from Al AlHaswa, AlRifa’i, summery execution

215. Second wife of man from Al AlHaswa, AlRifa’i, summery execution

216. Son of man from Al AlHaswa, AlRifa’i, summery execution

217. Radwan Al Falastini, AlRifa’i, summery execution

218. Wife of Radwan Al Falastini, AlRifa’i, summery execution

219. First son of Radwan Al Falastini, AlRifa’i, summery execution

220. Second son of Radwan Al Falastini, AlRifa’i, summery execution

221. Third son of Radwan Al Falastini, AlRifa’i, summery execution

222. Mohammad AlMasri, Karam AlZaitoon, summery execution

223. Ammar Al Masri, Karam AlZaitoon, summery execution

224. Bashar Al Masri, Karam AlZaitoon, summery execution