On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 4:45 AM Razan Rashidi – The Syria Campaign < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Friend, > > This is the message we have been waiting so long to write. *Assad is > gone. The Syrian people have toppled the Assad regime.* Our hearts burst > with hope today. A war criminal of the worst kind no longer has the power > to torture, starve, bomb and detain people in Syria. > > *The regime that has caused indescribable suffering and trauma for decades > no longer has the power to commit war crimes.* Syrians in Syria and all > over the world are singing, “Syria is for the people, it does not belong to > the Assad family”. We are chanting along with them. Ragheed al-Tatari, > Syria’s longest-held political prisoner, has been freed alongside many > others. > > We write these words thinking of so many of our friends and loved ones who > we lost in the past years. Our hearts break that they’re not witnessing > these moments with us. > > There is much that is unknown. We have lost so much. Our dream for freedom > and democracy declared almost 14 years ago was for a peaceful transition of > power out of authoritarian hands into those of the Syrian people – all of > us diverse and different but together in our vision for a new Syria. > > *At the Syria Campaign we commit to continuing to work with all those who > stand with human rights, with you all, to ensure our vision for a free and > democratic Syria is made real.* > > The hope we feel today feels something like those first weeks when we took > to the streets and dared to call for freedom and dignity. We believed the > world would join us to protect humanity and champion the values they > claimed to hold dear. > > As our committed and courageous supporters you all know the journey we > have been on since then. You have been with us as we rallied loudly against > the bombings of hospitals, whole communities massacred by chemical weapons, > the systematic use of detention and disappearance, meant to crush our > spirits. *You, and hundreds of thousands of people around the world, have > stood with us and made our demands for protection of civilians and justice > for war crimes more powerful.* > > Our movement, alongside the heroes on the ground in Syria – the White > Helmets, medics, women’s rights activists, journalists – and the vibrant > Syrian civil society in refuge around the world – the lawyers, > investigators, artists, campaigners, survivor groups and family > associations, has kept the demands of the revolution loud and clear. > > *Today, those demands are all the more urgent. It is time for Syrians to > lead a peaceful Syria. Free and democratic, vibrant and diverse.* > > Now is the moment for Syria and the international community to restart > Syria’s stalled UN-led political process, with a clear timeline for > political transition that leads to free elections, as outlined in UN > Resolution 2254. > > There is so much to be done. We are impatient for accountability and > justice. So many people remain detained or disappeared and families across > the world are now hoping to go back to their homes and cities and be > reunited with their loved ones. Almost every Syrian carries pain and trauma > into this new moment. It is a moment that holds such promise. It is the > chance to create a new beautiful Syria. > > In solidarity, > > Ranim, Ola, Raya, Bayan, Afraa, Wafa, Soumaya, Anna, Sandro, Rebecca, Razan > > P.S. The weeks ahead will be critical. 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