\nSYR 008 \/ 0611 \/ OBS 092\n<\/p>\n
\nArbitrary detention \/ Judicial harassment\n<\/p>\n
\nSyria: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of \nJune 20, 2011\n<\/p>\n \nThe Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights \nDescription of the situation:\n<\/p>\n \nThe Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about \nAccording to the information received, on May 1, 2011, Mr. \nOn the same day, Mr. Moutaz Mourad was arrested in the city \nOn May 3, 2011, Mr. Mouhammad Alammar was arrested by the \nFinally, on May 15, 2011, Mr. Anas Al-Shughri was arrested \nThe Observatory strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of \nActions requested:\n<\/p>\n \nPlease write to the Syrian authorities, urging them to:\n<\/p>\n \ni. Guarantee in all circumstances the physical and \nii. Disclose the whereabouts of Mr. Anas Al-Shughri;\n<\/p>\n \niii. Ensure the immediate and unconditionally release of \niv. Put an end to any act of harassment, including at the \nv. Conform with the provisions of the UN Declaration on \n– its Article 1, which states that “everyone has the right, \n– its Article 6 (b) and (c), which states that “Everyone has \n– and its Article 12.2, which provides that “the State shall \nvi.Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and \nAddresses:\n<\/p>\n \n· President, His Excellency Bashar al-Assad, Presidential \n· Minister of Defence, His Excellency General, Ali Habib \n· Minister of Justice, His Excellency Mr. Tayzeer Qala Awwad, \n· Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Wallid \n· Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Mission of the \n· Embassy the Syrian Arab Republic in Brussels, 1 avenue F.D. \nPlease also write to the diplomatic mission or embassy of \nParis-Geneva, June 20, 2011\n<\/p>\n \nKindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code \nTo contact the Observatory, call the emergency line:\n<\/p>\n \n· <\/span>E-mail: \n· <\/span>Tel and fax \n· <\/span>Tel and fax \n[1] Mr. Osama Nassar had been previously arrested, on March \nClick Here to Read and Download PDF File<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \nThe Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about
\nMessrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz Mourad, Mohammad Alammar and Anas Al-Shughri<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
\nDefenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights
\n(FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent
\nintervention in the following situation in Syria.\n<\/p>\n
\nthe arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Messrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz
\nMourad, Mohammad Alammar and Anas Al-Shughri, four community-level social
\nactivists involved in activities promoting non violence, democratic reforms,
\nthe lift of the state of emergency, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly,
\nnational reconciliation, the release of prisoners of conscience and the fight
\nagainst corruption. During the past months, they have monitored and alerted on
\nhuman rights violations committed during the repression of the peaceful protest
\nmovement.\n<\/p>\n
\nOsama Nassar was arrested in Darya by a group of armed security forces who
\nentered his house without any warrant in the middle of the night. To date, he
\nremains detained without charge by the Darya State security branch. He has not
\nbeen allowed any visits by his family and lawyer so far[1].\n<\/p>\n
\nof Darya. He was taken to a detention centre operated by the secret branch of
\nthe Syrian Air Force, where he is still detained to date, without access to his
\nfamily and lawyer nor any information on the existence of charges held against
\nhim.\n<\/p>\n
\npolitical security branch and his whereabouts remained unknown until May 11,
\n2011, when his family was informed that Mr. Alammar was detained in the Adra
\nprison, in Damascus, where he remains detained to date, on charges of “damaging
\nthe prestige of the State”, “weakening national sentiment or incite racial or
\nsectarian strife made during times of war or in anticipation of war”,
\n“spreading news that might weaken the moral of the nation” and “holding secret
\nunauthorised activities and meetings”. His trial is scheduled to begin on June
\n29, 2011.\n<\/p>\n
\nby security forces near Banyas. No information has been given since then about
\nhis whereabouts and the existence of charges against him.\n<\/p>\n
\nMessrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz Mourad, Mohammad Alammar and Anas Al-Shughri, which
\nseem to merely aim at sanctioning their human rights activities, and fears for
\ntheir physical and psychological integrity amid the current general crackdown
\nagainst peaceful protesters by army and security forces in Syria since March
\n16, 2011.\n<\/p>\n
\npsychological integrity of Messrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz Mourad, Mohammad Alammar
\nand Anas Al-Shughri;\n<\/p>\n
\nMessrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz Mourad, Mohammad Alammar, and Anas Al-Shughri since
\ntheir detention is arbitrary and only aims at sanctioning their human rights
\nactivities;\n<\/p>\n
\njudicial level, against Messrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz Mourad, Mohammad Alammar,
\nand Anas Al-Shughri and more generally against all human rights defenders in
\nSyria;\n<\/p>\n
\nHuman Rights Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations
\non December 9, 1998, especially:\n<\/p>\n
\nindividually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the
\nprotection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the
\nnational and international levels”,\n<\/p>\n
\nthe right, individually and in association with others […] as provided for in
\nhuman rights and other applicable international instruments, freely to publish,
\nimpart or disseminate to others views, information and knowledge on all human
\nrights and fundamental freedoms and […] to study, discuss, form and hold
\nopinions on the observance, both in law and in practice, of all human rights
\nand fundamental freedoms and, through these and other appropriate means, to
\ndraw public attention to those matters”.\n<\/p>\n
\ntake all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent
\nauthorities of everyone, individually and in association with others, against
\nany violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination,
\npressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her
\nlegitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration”;\n<\/p>\n
\nfundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards
\nand international instruments ratified by the Syrian Arab Republic.\n<\/p>\n
\nPalace, al Rashid Street, Damascus, Syria Arab Republic, Fax: +963 11 332 3410\n<\/p>\n
\nMahmud, Ministry of Defence, O mayyad Square, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic,
\nFax: +963 11 223 7842\n<\/p>\n
\nDamascus, Syrian Arab Republic, Fax: +963 11 666 2460\n<\/p>\n
\nMu’allim, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, al-Rashid Street, Damascus, Syrian Arab
\nRepublic, Fax: +963 11 332 7620\n<\/p>\n
\nSyrian Arab Republic to UN in Geneva, 72 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva,
\nSwitzerland, Fax: +41 22 738 42 75, Email: mission.syria@ties.itu.in\n<\/p>\n
\nRoosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, Tel: +32 2 554 19 22; Fax: +32 2 648 14 85\n<\/p>\n
\nthe Syrian Arabic Republic in your respective country.\n<\/p>\n
\nof this appeal in your reply.\n<\/p>\n
\nAppeals@fidh-omct.org\n<\/p>\n
\nFIDH + 33 (0) 1 43 55 25 18 \/ +33 1 43 55 18 80\n<\/p>\n
\nOMCT + 41 (0) 22 809 49 39 \/ + 41 22 809 49 29\n<\/p>\n
\n16, 2011 after a peaceful gathering held before the Ministry of Interior to
\ncall for the release of their relatives and all prisoners of conscience in
\nSyria. On March 27, 2011, he was released on bail but charges against him
\nremained pending for violating Article 285 of the Criminal Code which
\ncriminalises “allegations that weaken national sentiment or incite racial or
\nsectarian strife made during times of war or in anticipation of war” and Article
\n307 which punishes “deeds committed, writings composed, or speeches held with
\nthe intention of inciting sectarian or racial strife or provoking conflict
\nbetween the religions and the various members of the nation”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nthe arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Messrs. Osama Nassar, Mutaz
\nMourad, Mohammad Alammar and Anas Al-Shughri, four community-level social
\nactivists involved in activities promoting non violence, democratic reforms,
\nthe lift of the state of emergency, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly,
\nnational reconciliation, the release of prisoners of conscience and the fight
\nagainst corruption. During the past months, they have monitored and alerted on
\nhuman rights violations committed during the repression of the peaceful protest
\nmovement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}