{"id":540,"date":"2012-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T00:00:00","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=540","title":{"rendered":"Syria | Violations Report | Sunday, 20 May 2012\u00fe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian Network for Human Rights Report in cooperation with the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies <\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 20 May 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Casualties  and Wounded:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong><u>Hama  | Souran<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nA violent  raid and shelling campaign on Saturday targeted Souran village on the outskirts  of Hama. Nearly 40 residents were confirmed killed, including multiple  generations of one family. At least 20 of the dead were executed as regime  forces raided homes. The following footage is of the casualties killed during  the shelling:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ky8YjdEHsRw\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/ky8YjdEHsRw<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/pZjHS-Nax10\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/pZjHS-Nax10<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/O3SbEhAp_ZE\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/O3SbEhAp_ZE<\/a> <br \/>\nThis  resident was choked to death with an electric cord by regime forces, who also  set fire to his legs and feet to torture him as he was dying:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Qz81HAblRXU\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/Qz81HAblRXU<\/a> <br \/>\nCritically  injured residents in a makeshift hospital after regime forces stormed Souran:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/B9F7W5LoJKA\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/B9F7W5LoJKA<\/a> <br \/>\nResidents  dig large graves to accommodate the large number of casualties from Saturday\u2019s  massacre:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/RkIWCSxYspM\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/RkIWCSxYspM<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Qp-DQSLDjlE\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/Qp-DQSLDjlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Aleppo  | Al-Atareb<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  This  footage is of casualties and injured residents of Idleb, who were taken in by a  makeshift hospital after regime forces targeted their vehicle as they drove  through Al-Atareb:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/MIqgdHZx0Yw\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/MIqgdHZx0Yw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Homs  | Ar-Rastan<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  This young  girl was not spared from the shelling by regime forces (GRAPHIC):<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/IL5w3_hTZNM\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/IL5w3_hTZNM<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Assaults  and Human Rights Violations:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Damascus  Suburbs | Beit Tayma<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  Regime  forces fire at mourners in a funeral procession:<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QCu9h4hIL1Y\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/QCu9h4hIL1Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Damascus  Suburbs | Douma<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  Regime  forces at a checkpoint, where they stop all residents and search them:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/AVm4fuWU2EY\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/AVm4fuWU2EY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Damascus  Suburbs | Biqain<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  A town  largely off the radar of the media, this footage is taken in Biqain, where  regime forces maintain a heavy presence:<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zjAiBEze2VY\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/zjAiBEze2VY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Homs  | Ar-Rastan<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  Regime  forces open fire near the UN monitors\u2019 vehicles during their visit to Ar-Rastan.  The monitors were under the protection of the Free Syrian Army and residents of  the town:<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/JvzqKkzHHBI\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/JvzqKkzHHBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Bombardment  and Destruction:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Damascus  Suburbs | Douma<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  The sounds  of gunfire at the hands of regime forces fill the skies of Douma:<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-gTMHRB8Eo8\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/-gTMHRB8Eo8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Homs  | Al-Qusair<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  Indiscriminate  shelling by regime forces on Al-Qusair:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/5xuRtYZcAs8\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/5xuRtYZcAs8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Homs  | Ar-Rastan<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  Regime  forces attacked the town during the night to terrorize residents:<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/0FTMsUD5U34\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/0FTMsUD5U34<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Hama  | Hasariyah<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n  This home  was burned by the regime\u2019s security forces on Sunday:<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/agx_jLzoHh0\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/agx_jLzoHh0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Syrian Network for Human Rights &#8211; London &amp; <br \/>\nDamascus Center for Human Rights Studies &#8211; Syria<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SNHR:<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syrianhr.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.syrianhr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:press@syrianhr.org\">press@syrianhr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DCHRS:<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/english\/news.php\">www.dchrs.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:info@dchrs.org\">info@dchrs.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian Network for Human Rights Report in cooperation with the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies <\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 20 May 2012<\/p>\n<p>Casualties and Wounded:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","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\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}