[Wamvan] Fwd: Arrest the torturers

Tue Jan 10 22:53:41 PST 2012

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From: Luis Morago - Avaaz.org <avaaz at avaaz.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Subject: Arrest the torturers
To: "tamistarlight at gmail.com" <tamistarlight at gmail.com>

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Dear friends,

   <http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers/?cl=1508268711&v=11968>
A new Avaaz report reveals that *Syria's murderous regime is torturing
peaceful demonstrators*, pulling out their toenails and fingernails and
electrocuting them. We can push the UN to *refer Syria's brutal dictator
Bashar al-Assad to the International Criminal Court to be tried for crimes
against humanity.* Let's build a massive global outcry:

[image: Sign the petition!]
<http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers/?cl=1508268711&v=11968>
This is hard to report, but *Avaaz’s own members are being tortured by
Syria’s monstrous regime. *Manhal* reports that he was held in a secret
prison where they pulled out his fingernails and toenails and electrocuted
his body parts. "I have seen death, and I’ve been tortured nearly to
death," he's told us. But if we act now, we can make Manhal's sacrifice the
last straw that turns the whole world against the Assad regime.

The Arab League’s observers have failed to stop the brutal crackdown, but
pressure on Assad is mounting. *Avaaz has just released a terrifying
report*revealing the scale of Syria’s detention facilities, including
what they
did to Manhal. If we build a massive global outcry now, *we can force key
governments to confront the horrors in this report and accelerate the end
of Assad.*

*Sign the petition right now,* and when we reach 500,000 signatures we’ll
deliver it along with Avaaz’s report to the Arab League and the United
Nations Security Council, demanding they *refer Assad to the International
Criminal Court to be tried for crimes against humanity:*

http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers/?vl<http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers/?cl=1508268711&v=11968>

The UN has already stated that there have been crimes against humanity in
Syria. Now the regime is being dealt its next critical blow -- a harrowing
report compiled by Avaaz’s brave Syrian activists making the final link
that *those crimes against humanity were committed by high-level members of
the Assad regime.* No other report has detailed high-level links to regime
torture to this extent -- it could be our best chance to get the world to
act.

We all had hoped that the Arab League’s monitoring mission could stop the
violence, but they have been compromised and discredited. Despite
witnessing Assad’s snipers first-hand, the monitors have just extended
their observation period without a call for urgent action. This is allowing
countries like Russia, China and India to stall the United Nations from
taking action, while the regime’s pathetic defense for its despicable acts
has been that it is fighting a terrorist insurgency, not a peaceful
democracy movement. But *reports like the one Avaaz is releasing put the
lie to this corrupt and atrocious regime.* Now we just need the world to
witness the horrors it contains.

*The time could be up for Assad if we raise a deafening wave of public
pressure to tip the scales.* Let’s unite the world to demand that the UN
Security Council refer the brutal Syrian regime to the International
Criminal Court to be tried for crimes against humanity. Sign now and tell
everyone:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers/?vl<http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers/?cl=1508268711&v=11968>

Across the Arab world, people power has toppled dictator after dictator,
and our amazing Avaaz community has been at the heart of these struggles
for democracy, breaking the media blackouts imposed by corrupt leaders,
empowering citizen journalists, providing vital emergency relief to
communities under siege, and helping protect hundreds of activists and
their families from regime thugs. *Let’s not let Manhal’s suffering for
freedom be in vain. Let’s demand the UN take action now.*

With hope and determination,

Luis, Ian, Maria Paz, Ricken, Emma, Stephanie, Wissam, Heather and the
whole Avaaz team

* - “Manhal’s” name has been changed to protect his identity.

SOURCES

Avaaz Detention Facilities Report
http://avaazimages.s3.amazonaws.com/DetentionCentresinSyria.pdf

US slams Syria violence, says 'past time' for UN action (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i2gQpPoA7F-2VGwtTsr1faniJwdA?docId=CNG.3ec81592b40bb5358c1575a97cd5b5ce.a1

France’s Sarkozy says Syrian president must quit after ‘massacres’
committed by his regime (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/arab-league-calls-emergency-meeting-to-decide-whether-to-withdraw-its-monitors-from-syria/2012/01/03/gIQApRQpXP_story.html

U.S. says Syria not living up to Arab League deal (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/03/us-syria-usa-idUSTRE80219K20120103

Syria Runs Torture Chambers (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/syria-torture-chambers_n_1186300.html

Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian
Arab Republic (UN Human Rights Council)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/17/docs/A-HRC-S-17-2-Add1.pdf

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