{"id":1514,"date":"2013-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"A statement by the Violation Documentation Center (VDC) and the Local Development and Small Projects Support Office (LDSPS) regarding the kidnapping of activists Razan Zeitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wael Hamada and Nazim Hamadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAn unknown armed group  kidnapped last night 9\/10\/2013, human rights lawyer and activist Razan  Zeitouneh, activist and ex-political prisoner Samira Khalil, activist and  Razan&rsquo;s spouse Wael Hamada, and the lawyer and poet Nazim Hamadi from the  office of the VDC and LDSPS in Douma, Damascus suburbs.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBesides being an icon  of the Syrian revolution, Razan cofounded the Local Coordination Committees in  Syria (LCC) and the Violation Documentation Center (VDC), which documents all  human rights violations in Syria. She co-founded the local development and  small projects support office (LDSPS) as well which aims to help the people in  Syria generally, and in Eastern Ghouta more specifically, to provide basic  needs and essential services and support to medical and development centers.  Her and her colleagues work is very well recognized by the inhabitants in  Ghouta.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span> <\/span><span> <\/span><span><span> <\/span><span> <\/span>&nbsp;<\/span>Her kidnapping and the kidnapping of her colleagues indicates  yet again the endeavor of some to undermine any form of civil action to help  Syrians in the liberated areas to rule and provide for themselves.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe, at the VDC and  LDSPS, condemn with the strongest words this kidnapping and ask for the  immediate release of Razan, Samira, Wael and Nazim without any conditions. <\/p>\n<p>\nWe also hold all armed  groups operating in the area accountable for the safety and safeguard of the  Ghouta inhabitants and Razan and her colleagues. We hold them accountable as  well for the safe release of Razan and her colleagues and their safe return to  their homes. Such armed groups should ensure that such kidnapping in never  repeated again in the future in the area they control.<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\nThe Dignity and  Freedom revolution is undergoing one of its most critical moments now and we  hope that it will be able to avoid this trap set from its enemies to undermine  its credibility and stray its path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unknown armed group kidnapped last night 9\/10\/2013, human rights lawyer and activist Razan Zeitouneh, activist and ex-political prisoner Samira Khalil, activist and Razan&rsquo;s spouse Wael Hamada, and the lawyer and poet Nazim Hamadi from the office of the VDC and LDSPS in Douma, Damascus suburbs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}