{"id":560,"date":"2012-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T00:00:00","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=560","title":{"rendered":"Al-Houla Plains Flooded with Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 25 May 2012, Al-Houla plains witnessed the most brutal massacre since the arrival of the international observers in Syria. Random shelling targeted the villages and lands of al-Houla particularly the town of Taldo which lies at the western entrance of al-Houla and is surrounded by pro-regime villages.<\/p>\n

The shelling, which lasted for 14 hours, left 11 people dead and dozens injured. Subsequently, army and security forces along with shabiha from the villages of Fulla and al-Qabou stormed into many houses at the outskirts of Taldou.<\/p>\n

Shabiha forces carried out raids and extra-judicial executions against all residents at the outskirts of the town. Children were handcuffed and gathered with many men and women who were all subsequently slaughtered with bayonets. Shabiha militias then opened fire on the slaughtered victims, acts reminiscent of the dark ages and the law of the jungle.
\n The preliminary death toll of al-Houla massacre currently stands at 107 victims whose full names and photos have been documented. There remain many bodies that could not be <\/p>\n

reached and documented as yet. Among the casualties are 49 children under 10 and 32 women.
\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Videos documenting the fierce shelling of al-Houla:
\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HgnnFostg0g<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5zOBTFiUQUk<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eye witness accounts by survivors from the massacre:
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/DJhAbaaNGuE<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/d7mV59pU0MY<\/a> <\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NxaJu62J12s&feature=youtu.be<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Videos documenting the victims of al-Houla:
\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iAprAaeEO3s&feature=youtu.be<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/FfS4QV1HxBw<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/d1_LmtYRufw<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PrUyYLTnAu4&feature=youtu.be<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gosLh8HvCEU<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gbuPVRD2uvs&feature=share<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Videos documenting the wounded:
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/9BisCXSWiCs<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/FEqr1r9bJTY<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/Hxu0f7H3p1I<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/qkV0eb37td0<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/12_zvSeM1o0<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/WBGFn4cCq3g<\/a> <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/RlbYsV-J82I<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The international observers\u2019 visit to the town and seeing the victims
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/jPcVDcE2N20<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The burial of the victims of al-Houla massacre <\/span>
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/cz8UUCll46E<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Kindly click on the link below for a detailed excel sheet documenting the names of the victims and method of killing.
\n http:\/\/www.syrianhr.org\/Attach\/Mass.xlsx<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Syrian Network for Human Rights – London &
\nDamascus Center for Human Rights Studies – Syria<\/u><\/p>\n

SNHR:<\/p>\n

Website: www.syrianhr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: press@syrianhr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

DCHRS:<\/p>\n

Website: www.dchrs.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: info@dchrs.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 25 May 2012, Al-Houla plains witnessed the most brutal massacre since the arrival of the international observers in Syria. Random shelling targeted the villages and lands of al-Houla particularly the town of Taldo which lies at the western entrance of al-Houla and is surrounded by pro-regime villages.<\/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-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","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=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}