-Caveat Lector- ************************************************ Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) UPDATE - July 2001 ************************************************ BOOKS In more than 250 pages: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Syria - over a 20-year period A comprehensive report that deals with the human rights situation in Syria over a twenty-year period as of 1979 More details on http://www.shrc.org/books/hr.20year/index.htm PRESS RELEASE 28 Jun 2001: SHRC calls on President Bashar Assad to give the human situation the highest priority. More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/press_releases/2001/28062001/28062001.htm 25 Jun 2001: SHRC Sends an Open Letter to French President Jacques Chirac. More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/press_releases/2001/25062001/25062001.htm CAMPAIGNS A call to release Hilal Abdel Razaq Ali (Campaign Update): SHRC pleaseed to announce the release of Mr. Hilal Ali More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/campaigns/hilal_ali/index.htm ARTICLES On an article published on the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, Gary C. Gambill writes about the Continuing Detentions and Disappearances in Syria noticing that Syria's security establishment continues to employ extra-judicial measures of eliminating real or perceived threats to the state. More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/world_view/2001/27062001.htm Spread the word! Please forward this message to others. Post your opinions on events taking place in Syria: SHRC Forums on http://www.shrc.org/forum Keep up to date with the Syrian news with: SHRC news service on http://www.shrc.org/english/news/index.htm ....................... >From Archive: Palmyra (Tadmur) Prison Massacre (27-June-1980) In the 27th of June 1980, elements of the brigades 40 and 138 from the Syrian defence army (Saraya Al-Difa') killed over 700 political prisoner in Palmyra prison located in the Syrian desert. And until now, no investigations were made against this massacre's committees.. In February 1981, the Jordanian authorities declared that they'd arrested a group of the Syrian intelligence agencies that were planning to assassinate Mr. Modar Badran- the Jordanian Prime Minister at that time- and it was a surprise when they confessed participating in Palmyra Massacre in the date of 27/6/1980. They declared on the Jordanian TV the details of that massacre, and the testimonies admit killing over 700 political prisoners-which were unarmed-by fire, the prisoners were in their small cells, although they begged the army men not to kill them, but they didn't leave until they were certain that everybody was dead. Most of the killed prisoners were students in their universities and highly educated m! en. Who can bear the responsibility of this crime that the history had rarely witnessed. Confessions of some �Defence Brigades� elements who carried out the Massacre of Tadmur (Palmyra) Prison on 27th June 1980 Statements of two elements in the massacre of Tadmur. More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/99reports/29061999.htm Tadmur a Witness & a Witnessed Mohammed Saleem narrates his horrific experience in Syrian prisons which summarises the suffering and ordeal lived by thousands of Syrian and other Arab detainees (from Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian & Iraqi nationalities) More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/98reports/09121998_1.htm The Declaration for the World Day of Solidarity with the Prisoners of Conscience in Syria In the dawn hours of the 27th of June, 1980, ten helicopters landed near Tadmur prison and killed all prisoners of conscience without exception. More details on http://www.shrc.org/english/98reports/31051998.htm Tadmur : a Witness & a Witnessed (Arabic): Mohammed Saleem Hammad narrates his horrific experience in Syrian prisons which summarises the suffering and ordeal lived by thousands of Syrian and other Arab detainees (from Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian & Iraqi nationalities). 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