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Husam 'Ali
Mulhim, 22: a student in the Faculty of Law at Damascus
University
Tareq al-Ghorani,
21: an associate engineer
Maher Isber
Ibrahim, 26: owner of a shop
Ayham Saqr,
aged 30: works in a beauty salon
'Allam Fakhour,
29: a student in the sculpture section of the Art
Faculty of Damascus University
'Omar 'Ali
al-'Abdullah, 21: a second-year philosophy student at
Damascus University
Diab Siriyeh,
21: a part-time student
These people
have been detained for more than a year for
participating in a peaceful democratic youth movement.
They are still
being held in incommunicado detention, and have
reportedly been subjected to torture. They are facing an
unfair trial before the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC).
Their next hearing session will be on 17 June, when the
verdict is expected.
They face two
charges: "taking action or making a written statement or
speech which could endanger the State or harm its
relationship with a foreign country, or expose it to the
risk of hostile action" (Article 278 of the Syrian Penal
Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years’
imprisonment); and "broadcasting of false news" deemed
to be harmful to the state (Article 287, which carries a
maximum sentence of three years’ imprisonment
Amnesty
International and other local and international human
rights organizations consider them to be prisoners of
conscience.
The Syrian,
Arabic and international NGOs who signed this statement
stand in solidarity with these seven youth and call for
their immediate release because they are prisoners of
conscience detained solely for exercising their right to
peaceful expression of their beliefs and participation
in public life.
Signatures:
1-
Syria Civil
Society Revival Committees
2-
Damascus
Center for Human Rights Studied
3-
Arab
Commission for Human Rights- ACHR (France)
4-
Damascus Center for Theoretical and Civil Rights Studies
– DCTCRS (Sweden)
5-
Al-Karama
for the Defense of Human Rights (Geneva)
6-
International Justice Organization.
7-
Sada
Website for Rights and Freedoms
8-
Kurdish Organizations in Syria for Human Rights – MAF
9-
Kurdish Organization for Defense Human Rights and
fundamental Freedoms in Syria –DAD
10-
Iraqi
Human Rights Organization – British & Ireland
11-
Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights – London
12-
Syrian
Center for Legal Studies and Researches
13-
Syrian
Committee for Human Rights – London
14-
Al-Awn
Egyptian Association for Human Rights
15-
Arabic
Institute for Support Civil Society and Human Rights
(Egypt)
16-
Kurdish Committee for Human Rights
17-
Syrian
Organization for Human Rights
– Sawasia
18-
Movement SOLID
19-
Syrian Youth for Justice
20-
American
Islamic Congress
21-
Susanne Kjaer,
Project Manager, International Rehabilitation Council
for Torture Victims (IRCT), Denmark
22-
Al-Bahrain Youth Association for Human Rights
23-
Al-Takamul
Arabic Youth net
24-
Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence
Studies (Egypt)
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