All Syrians are saying that liberating Sednaya’s prison is more significant than destroying Berlin’s wall. Years of fear, torture, death, and subjugation will end tonight.
@IsraHazel on Twitter
يا رزان، يا سمور، يا مي، يا فدوى... الأبد خلص!
يا ريتكن معانا!
Yassin Al Haj Saleh @Yassinhs on Twitter
We, families of Syria’s detainees & forcibly disappeared, are following the unfolding events with a mix of hope & concern. As prisons & detention facilities are liberated detainees are freed, we urge everyone to protect evidence & ensure freed detainees’ names are documented.
Families for Freedom @FamiliesSyria on Twitter
الثورة....والحرية...ماأحلاهم
Waad Alkateab @waadalkateab on Facebook
I want to address the left.
You didn’t fail Syria. We liberated our country. You failed yourselves. You failed your principles and professed solidarity with the oppressed. At best, you were silent. At worst, you supported a mass-murdering dictator.
We see you. We remember.
Velvet @proud_damascene on Twitter
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في اهتمام هائل، دولي ومن غرفة إدارة العمليات وتقريباً من عدد هائل من الجهات المدنية بموضوع وجود المسيحيين بحلب.
جزء منه يبدو من بعيد مبالغ فيه، وقد يكون، ولكن الهدف من كل هاد هو ضمان بقاء المسيحين بحلب وعدم تفكيرهن بخيارات مانها نزوح مؤقت، تهجير دائم.
لحد اللحظة الجهود ايجابية، وموقف الكنيسة ناضج ورغم انه ما عم يطالب الناس تبقى ( كتير صعب حدا يقول لمجموع بشري ضلو بمنطقة يمكن تكون غير أمنة)
لكن عم يقولو نحن بقيانين، ككهنة، والقداس يوم الأحد مشي وكان في حضور. تدخل السلاح بمناطق المسيحية كان محدود جداً لدرجة تكاد لا تذكر. الناس عم تتحرك بشكل شبه طبيعي ( بمنطقة مشتعلة) وبشكل لباسها وحياتها الاعتيادي تقريباً ( لسا في رقابة ذاتية بالايام الاولى، ما كتير فينا نعرف إذا رح يصير صدام وقت فعلاً ترجع الحياة لحياتها الطبيعية )
رغم تشبيك واسع حول القصة، قدرت اوصل فقط لتلت انتهاكات، منها اتنين اقرب للتخريب اللي صار مع كل الهويات ومنها واقعة الشجرة الشهيرة ( هالشجرة رح تدخل التاريخ)
عندي تخوف، يمكن ما معي حق فيه، انه هالتمييز المفرط ايجابياً يثير أذا استدام استياء عند الناس اللي بأوضاع مأساوية. لكن كبداية أولية. أحسن مما تخيلت بكتير، مو لأنه الوضع منيح ومثالي، بس لأنه كان في مخيلة عن كوارث هائلة محتملة
Marcelle Shehwaro @Marcell.shehwaro on Facebook.
FREE FREE SYRIA!
Remember when we used to shout that at protests all over the world? It’s become a reality. Time to exhale. And plan for what’s next.
Rafif Jouejati @rafif.jouejati on Facebook
No time for anyone messaging me with ‘what’s next? you have to learn from history’.
For decades we weren’t allowed to live in the present. We weren’t allowed to feel joy. We weren’t allowed to just exist for a moment freely. Right now - with all our concerns and fears - with NO ONE knowing what’s to come - and Syrians more concerned about this than others - the only thing that matters is that we are liberated from Assad.
In this moment in time, what matters is OUR joy. OUR rejoicing. OUR reuniting with family. OUR narrative. This is our moment and those attempting to sully it without a shred of humanity or understanding of what we’ve been through - by fear-mongering or simply not reading the room, are unwelcome.
Razan Saffour @RazanSpeaks on Twitter
#Justice & #dignity.
What we were denied for 54 years.
What we rose for.
What we will have.
Rana Kabbani @RanaKabbani54 on Twitter
No more tents for Syrians. No more boats sinking in the sea.
@IsraHazel on Twitter
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Thursday, 18 April 2024
Remembering Brian Slocock
We are very sad to learn of the death of Brian Slocock, after a long illness. Brian was a founder member of Syria Solidarity. A Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Paisley, in retirement Brian committed himself to campaigning for a free Syria.
In 2014, Brian researched and wrote the content for our Syria’s Forgotten Cities campaign.
In 2015, he wrote for Syria Solidarity on music and solidarity, on Syria’s Freedom Charter, and on showing evidence to MPs of Assad’s systematic large-scale use of torture.
In January 2016, as horrific images of starvation were emerging from the besieged town of Madaya, it was Brian who first suggested we call for RAF airdrops of aid to civilians. That call was subsequently taken up by many others, including the late Jo Cox MP, and for a time it had some effect in helping pressure the Assad regime to allow more ground access to humanitarians.
Brian was also very involved in our outreach to UK trade unions, seeking solidarity with Syrian teachers whose schools were being targeted by Assad regime and Russian forces.
After Jo Cox was murdered in June 2016, Brian wrote about those who attacked her memory on both the political left and right, and who slandered the White Helmets, the Syrian rescue organisation that she had supported.
He will be greatly missed.
The funeral will take place at Chester Crematorium, Chester CH1 5BB, at 2pm on Tuesday 30th April. Brian asked for no flowers, but suggested donations to Médecins Sans Frontières in his name.
In 2014, Brian researched and wrote the content for our Syria’s Forgotten Cities campaign.
In 2015, he wrote for Syria Solidarity on music and solidarity, on Syria’s Freedom Charter, and on showing evidence to MPs of Assad’s systematic large-scale use of torture.
In January 2016, as horrific images of starvation were emerging from the besieged town of Madaya, it was Brian who first suggested we call for RAF airdrops of aid to civilians. That call was subsequently taken up by many others, including the late Jo Cox MP, and for a time it had some effect in helping pressure the Assad regime to allow more ground access to humanitarians.
Brian was also very involved in our outreach to UK trade unions, seeking solidarity with Syrian teachers whose schools were being targeted by Assad regime and Russian forces.
After Jo Cox was murdered in June 2016, Brian wrote about those who attacked her memory on both the political left and right, and who slandered the White Helmets, the Syrian rescue organisation that she had supported.
He will be greatly missed.
The funeral will take place at Chester Crematorium, Chester CH1 5BB, at 2pm on Tuesday 30th April. Brian asked for no flowers, but suggested donations to Médecins Sans Frontières in his name.
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