{"id":71,"date":"2016-12-10T05:12:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T05:12:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T21:00:00","slug":"71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/en\/71\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Abducted Activists\u2019 Whereabouts Remain Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">0<strong>9-December-2016<\/strong>&nbsp;The prominent Syrian human rights defenders <strong>Razan Zaitouneh<\/strong>, <strong>Samira Al-Khalil<\/strong>, <strong>Wa&rsquo;el Hamada<\/strong> and <strong>Nazim Hammadi<\/strong>, who remain missing three years after armed men abducted them, should be released immediately, 56 human rights organizations said today, on the anniversary of their abduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">On December 9, 2013, a group of armed men stormed into the office of the Violations Documentation Center (VDC)&nbsp;in Syria, a local human rights monitoring group in Douma, in the Damascus countryside. They abducted Zaitouneh, the head of the center, her husband, Wa&rsquo;el Hamada, and colleagues, <strong>Samira Al-Khalil and Nazem Hamadi. <\/strong>There has been no news of their whereabouts since then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The armed groups exercising de facto control over Douma at the time include the Army of Islam, which is part of the Islamic Front, a coalition of armed groups. The groups should immediately release the four human rights defenders if they are in the groups&rsquo; custody, or work toward ensuring they are released unharmed and without delay. Countries that support these groups, as well as religious leaders and others who may have influence over them, should also press for the immediate release of the four activists and for an end to abductions of civilians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em>Zaitouneh had defended political prisoners in Syria since 2001 and played a key role in the promotion and protection of human rights through her brave work as a lawyer, activist and journalist. Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, Zaitouneh had played a key role in efforts to defend human rights for all and to protect independent groups and activists in Syria. Along with a number of other activists, she established the VDC, which monitors human rights violations and records casualties in Syria.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">She also co-founded the Local Coordination Committees (LCCs), which coordinates the work of local committees that document human rights violations in various cities and towns across Syria. And she established the Local Development and Small Projects Support Office (LDSPS), which assists non-governmental organizations in besieged Eastern Ghouta. As a result of her work, she had been threatened by both the Syrian government and armed opposition groups in Douma several months before her abduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Al-Khalil had been a longtime political activist in Syria. The Syrian government detained her between 1987 and 1991 for her activism. She later worked in a publishing house before shifting her efforts to working with the families of detainees and writing about detention in Syria. Before her abduction, she was working to help women in Douma support themselves by initiating small income-generating projects.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Hamada was also an activist before the 2011 uprising in Syria. When peaceful protests first broke out in the country in 2011, the government detained and later released him. He was an active member and co-founder of the Local Coordination Committees and the VDC. Before his abduction Hamada had been working to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to the residents of besieged Eastern Ghouta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Hammadi, a lawyer and poet, was one of the most prominent volunteer defenders of political prisoners before and after the 2011 uprising in Syria. He contributed to founding the Local Coordination Committees and also worked to provide humanitarian assistance to residents of Eastern Ghouta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Zaitouneh and her colleagues appear to have been abducted and arbitrarily deprived of their liberty as punishment for their legitimate activities as human rights defenders. Such actions are prohibited by international humanitarian law and are contrary to international human rights standards. The armed groups in control of the area and the governments who support them should do everything in their power to facilitate the release of Zaitouneh, Hamada, Al-Khalil and Hamadi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><u>List of 56 signatories<\/u>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Amnesty International (AI)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Article 19<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Association for Women&#39;s Rights in Development (AWID)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em>Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies<\/em> (<em>CIHRS<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Center for Documentation of Violations in Syria (VDC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Center For Women s Equality (CWE)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Digital Lighthouse<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">English PEN<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">El Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">EuroMed Rights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">European &#8211; Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights (EBOHR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">FIDH, within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Front Line Defenders (FLD)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Foundation to Restore Equality and Education in Syria (FREE-Syria)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Hivos International<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Human Rights Watch (HRW)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Index on Censorship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">International Center for Supporting Rights and Freedoms (ICSRF)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">International Media Support (IMS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Iraqi Al-Amal Association<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Iraqi Journalists Rights Defense Association (IJRDA)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em>Iraqi<\/em> Network for Social Media (INSM)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Justice for Life observatory in DeirEzzor &ndash; Syria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Kvinna till Kvinna<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lawyer&#39;s Rights Watch Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Libya&#39;s Future Center for Media and Culture<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Maharat Foudnation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Martin Ennals Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">MENA Media Monitoring&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Metro Centre to Defend Journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">NGOs Platform of Saida (Tajamoh)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">PAX<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">PEN International<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in War)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Reporters Without Borders (RSF)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Sisters&#39; Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Syria Justice and Accountability Center (SJAC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Researches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Syrian Centre for Democracy and Civil Rights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Vigilance Association for Democracy and the Civil State in Tunisia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Vivarta<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Umammu Organisation in Syria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>09-December-2016&nbsp;The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa&rsquo;el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi, who remain missing three years after armed men abducted them, should be released immediately, 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