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10 Feb

@irishmissionun

Attending session with extremely courageous survivors & family members of #SyriasDisappeared

5 organisations have come together - based on their shared suffering & hope - to demand & explain what is needed to achieve #TruthandJusticeFirst in Syria

@irishmissionun @NorwayUN

@taafi_SY

Ahmed Helmi from @taafi_SY, a survivor of Assads detention system speaks

This Charter describes the justice victims aspire to. The victims are at the core, they are the cornerstone, they have a central role as active actors not just victims or witnesses.

#TruthandJusticeFirst

@simoncoveney

Charter goes beyond demands to propose solutions & practical mechanisms to reveal fate of the Disappeared, with victims at heart of any work for justice & accountability

@simoncoveney @irishmissionun @mona_juul

Ahmad Helmi tells of his own experience ⬇️

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9 Feb

@lukeharding1968

Thread #Musthear the excell @lukeharding1968 re lack pressure #Russia "The European Union needs a hard, tough strategy to deal with Russia" newstalk.com/podcasts/highl… via @NewstalkFM

‘you mentioned in your introduction about the expulsion of three European diplomats,a German,a Pole anda Swede a couple of days ago.And of course, this happened when Josep Borrell , the foreign policy chief, was in town.And it was essentially done deliberately to humiliate him/2

and to say to to to the world, 'butt out of our affairs, if if we wish to imprison or poison our political prisoners, we will.' ..'Until the EU actually steps up here, the criminal will carry on doing what what it does and exploiting European hesitancy and weakness, I would say/3

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8 Feb

@snhr

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V. interesting webinar marking launch @snhr 10th report "The Bleeding Decade"& expert panel suggestions on how to avoid another one ,includes reflections on failure of #UNSC & #R2P

https://twitter.com/snhr/status/1358793206075449346

"Moving into the murky dirty world of geopolitics,there needs tob recognition thatRussia&Turkey have interests inSyria &how those r factored into any initiative.Russia obviously best placed tob communicating with senior figs in regime..but they want their interests maintained/2

whether military or business&that's a difficult concept2 hear esp from ppl who've been fighting against war crimes & crimes ag humanity,esp Syrians who have been on receiving end of Russian brute force.That's a geopolitical reality than needs2 b factored in/3

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7 Feb

'A litany of failures by the UN has resulted in the Syrian people feeling abandoned by the international community. An argument could be made that the UN did not simply fail but is complicit in the murder of Syrians on a huge scale' middleeastmonitor.com/20210206-has-t… https://t.co/VIAVRunySj

'A recent revelation that the World Health Organisation, a body that feeds into the UN, has been using the Rami Makhlouf-owned airline "Cham Wings" to deliver aid to Libya is deeply disturbing. Makhlouf, a cousin of Bashar Al-Assad, is on the EU & the Caesar Act sanctions' lists'

'Makhlouf exemplifies the corrupt elite who have profited under Assad rule & until very recently, has had vast influence within the regime. The UN should be held to account for using his company'

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19 Jan

Noone knows how many have been disappeared & tortured to death by Assad regime. Well over 100,000. Families are afraid to speak. When someone is arrested, they disappear. They are not charged or tried. No one can find out where they are, or talk to them - ever
#SyriasDisappeared

'There is no shortage of evidence of the horrors of detention in Syria. Witnesses describe inhuman conditions, torture & brutal deaths. The UN has accused the Syrian government of the murder, rape, torture & extermination of detainees'

#SyriasDisappeared

amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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@amnesty

Assad 'human slaughterhouse' Sednaya

'Thousands have died in Syria’s torture prisons. Tens of thousands experience torture - brutally beaten, raped, electric shocks. Anyone suspected of opposing the Syrian govt is at risk'

#SyriasDisappeared

amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

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14 Dec 20

@sinnfeinireland

The Irish Syria Solidarity Movement 'has called on @sinnfeinireland to clarify its position on Syria after social media posts from its two of its TDs emerged questioning whether President Assad gassed his own citizens'

thetimes.co.uk/article/sinn-f…

We are very concerned that SF Foreign Affairs spokesperson has a track record of characterising opposition to Assad as 'terrorists' since 2012, before ISIS was even in Syria, & casting doubt on Assad CW attacks. This is not one thoughtless tweet. We seek clarification from SF

@johnbradysf

We can find a number of occasions where @johnbradysf objects to US & Turkey actions in Syria, but none that refer to Assad/Russia campaign of bombing of hospitals, schools, markets or to starvation sieges by Assad/Iran/Hezbollah or 100,000+ disappeared, tortured, killed by Assad

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