Statement from the Association of Victims of Chemical Weapons
This path has been the result of Syrian national efforts in collaboration with the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, along with partner organizations. It brought together the courage and will of survivors and witnesses along with expertise in documentation and human rights, taking advantage of the principle of judicial jurisdiction outside the region concerning war crimes and crimes against humanity in the French judicial system.
Women, children, and men. You stand helpless, unable to help them with anything.
The cases started arriving at medical points, cases we hadn’t dealt with before, and it was the first time we faced such a situation. They continued to arrive to the extent that we could no longer cope with them.
No one survived…
It was something pulling me upstairs and urging me to continue to the rooftop. Indeed, I climbed up and lost consciousness upon reaching. I woke up the next day to the sound of slaps on my face from the medical point and a voice asking, ‘Are you alive? Are you alive?
Some photos from the solidarity gathering in the city of Lyon, France, on the tenth anniversary of the chemical massacre committed by the Assad regime in Ghouta.
The stand in solidarity in Lyon city, France, on the tenth anniversary of the chemical massacre committed by the Assad regime in Ghouta.
Paris: side of the stand in solidarity on the tenth Anniversary of the chemical weapons massacre.
An extensive participation from the Syrian community in France, activists commemorated the tenth anniversary of the century’s massacre, committed by the Syrian regime on August 21, 2013, in Eastern and Western Ghouta
A stand in Solidarity in Azaz commemorating the tenth anniversary of the chemical massacre committed by the Syrian regime in the Ghouta
On the tenth anniversary of the chemical massacre in Ghouta, the local councils in the city of Azaz hosted a stand in solidarity with the victims of chemical weapons in Syria.
Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the victims of the chemical massacre in Idlib
Syrian activists in the city of Idlib held a solidarity stand on the tenth anniversary of the chemical massacre committed by the Syrian regime in the Eastern and Western Ghouta on August 21, 2013. The stand aimed to honour and commemorate the victims, emphasizing the importance of achieving justice and accountability to prevent the repetition of such inhumane crimes.
Confirming Russian crimes: The Association participates in a series of official meetings with high-level officials in Ukraine
As a part of the accountability call for the ongoing war crimes in Ukraine, which inspired the impunity for the continuous crimes in Syria, the Syrian civil society representative delegation visited Kyiv to attend a series of official meetings with high-level officers and leaders from the Ukrainian civil society.
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A delegation from the Syrian civil society visited Kyiv to participate in a series of official meetings with high-level officers and leaders from the Ukrainian civil society
A decade has passed, since death by suffocation
Cold-bloodedly, throats were suffocated, eyes silenced, while the echoes of their whines continue to haunt the murderers, demanding retribution and justice.