@RonanLTynan@SyriaTIRevol@rogerwaters 'Filmmaker @RonanLTynan was shocked to hear @rogerwaters attack White Helmets whom he met making film SYRIA THE IMPOSSIBLE REVOLUTION, describing attacks as ‘dangerous’ & ‘bizarre’ bec they are based on no evidence only “conspiracy theories of a very perplexing & absurd nature.”
@RonanLTynan@SyriaTIRevol@rogerwaters 'How do you respond to multi millionaire rock star seemingly immune to normal engagement with facts, blinded by Russian propaganda?...by writing a song myself. Having met White Helmets I was shocked & utterly disillusioned by his totally fact free & completely unfounded attacks”
@RonanLTynan@SyriaTIRevol@rogerwaters “White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef is a search & rescue organisation.They have not only saved nearly 120,000 lives but also have recorded some of worst atrocities carried out in Syria and provided vital evidence of gross human rights abuses by the Syrian government & Russian military'
@RonanLTynan@SyriaTIRevol@rogerwaters@SyriaCivilDef 'This explains why White Helmets targeted in massive Russian disinformation campaign to smear them as “terrorists” with some pro-Assad supporters claiming they are “legitimate targets. Hard to believe @rogerwaters swallowed these lies to become one of “Putin’s useful fools”
@RonanLTynan@SyriaTIRevol@rogerwaters@SyriaCivilDef “I met White Helmets making film SYRIA THE IMPOSSIBLE REVOLUTION.I believe if Roger had privilege of meeting them he cd not have allowed himself to bec an important asset in Putin’s disinformation war. If song gets a few people misled by him to wake up it will have been worth it”
'The film will seek not only to show the mounting crimes against humanity committed in Syria but the valiant efforts by Syrians & others to seek to bring those responsible to justice'
@RonanLTynan@SyriaTIRevol@rogerwaters@SyriaCivilDef@EsperanzaDocs@annedaly19@RonanLTynan
“It may take a while before Assad ends up in International Criminal Court to face trial for his crimes in Syria, but like many brutal tyrants his day in court will come. Our new documentary casts a light on the many efforts and initiatives to bring that day closer'
@RonanLTynan proposes Ireland support Syrians in their demands for freedom & justice for #SyriasDisappeared by adopting principle of Universal Jurisdiction
This wd allow Syrians, Ukrainians & others to bring cases here for war crimes committed elsewhere irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…
'@sallyhayd shows in a very moving way, thru an interview with Fadwa Mahmoud whose husband & son were disappeared by Assad regime 10 yrs ago, the agony endured every day by millions of Syrians who have loved ones, relatives & friends among more than 100,000 disappeared in Syria'
'The recent report by the UN Secretary General António Guterres, which backed years of campaigning by Fadwa and her organisation @FamiliesSyria & many others calling for a dedicated mechanism to find out what happened to Syria’s disappeared, offers at least some hope'
'Fadwa Mahmoud is preparing to be reminded of her own private tragedy.
September 20th will mark 10 years since the disappearance of her husband Abdulaziz al-Khair & her son Maher Tahan who were taken from a car outside Damascus airport in 2012'
& have not been seen since
'They are among 100,000+ people missing in Syria’s prison system since the war there began 11 yrs ago
A report from UN sec general António Guterres backs yrs of calls by victim & survivor groups to set up a dedicated mechanism to clarify what happened to Syria’s missing people'
'A relatively small number of conspiracy theorists – aided by Russian disinformation campaigns – managed to distort the facts, endanger people’s lives & cast doubt over policy debates on Syria, stalling political action when it was sorely needed'
@TheSyriaCmpgn
'Policymakers said disinformation attacks on Syria have enabled anti-asylum policies, harassment & abuse of humanitarian workers & frontline responders, encouraged normalisation of the Assad regime & emboldened Putin to employ the same tactics in Ukraine'
'Since 2020 Aaron Maté of Grayzone has overtaken Vanessa Beeley as the most prolific creator & spreader of disinformation. He, like Beeley, appeared at the UN at the invitation of Russia, where he attempted to defend Syrian government against accusations of chemical weapons use'
' @IrishTimes editorial “Russian atrocities in Ukraine: Bucha must be a turning point” crystallised the huge moral question facing the EU & Ireland: “If the evidence of apparent war crimes committed in Ukraine is not sufficient to justify the harshest possible measures, what is?”
'@IrishTimes drew attention to fact that we ignored Putin’s equally egregious crimes in Syria & Chechnya. I would argue the war crimes & crimes against humanity committed in Syria gave Putin the confidence to believe he could get away with literally anything in Ukraine'
A new report by the Association of Detainees and the Missing of Sednaya Prison reveals that the Assad regime confiscated a $1.5 billion US dollars’ worth of assets from Syrian detainees since the revolution first began in 2011. diary.thesyriacampaign.org/assad-robbed-d…
'ADMSP’s report
‘They took everything’: Confiscation of detainees’ assets & funds in Syria'
how the Assad regime uses detention & disappearance not just as a systematic tactic to evoke fear & crush dissent but as a source of revenue for its ongoing war against its own people'
'$1.5 billion is an estimate based on a survey of 105 former detainees who had cash, property, factories & personal possessions, including jewellery & electronic devices, seized while they were in detention'
Open letter to Danish Statsminister Frederiksen @Statsmin
Irish Syria Solidarity protest decision by Danish govt to cancel residencies & issue deportation notices to Syrian refugees
No part of Assad controlled Syria is safe for returned refugees
This action is illegal
2. Danish decision is in conflict with stated policy of EU
'Conditions inside Syria at do not lend themselves to voluntary return, in conditions of safety and dignity in line with international law. Many obstacles & threats still faced by returning refugees' #SyriaNotSafe
3. These obstacles & threats include
'in particular forced conscription, indiscriminate detention, forced disappearances, torture, physical and sexual violence, discrimination in access to housing, land and property as well as poor or inexistent basic services' #SyriaNotSafe