Today, we delivered the attached letter to the White House, formally asking @POTUS to #SpeakToSyrians to inform his policy on Syria. We are honored to be among 12 Syrian American organizations and alongside these 24 advocates to sign on.
March 15, 2011.
Ten years since Syrians peacefully took to the streets to demand better only to be met by the brutality of a genocidal regime, proxy wars, and an international community that failed to live up to the promise of "never again."
Thank you @secupp for this and all you’ve done on the issue...Everyone please watch below and help spread the word. A genocide is still happening in the world today...I nominate @AmFreeSyria & @ScottHeppard to spread the word.
My message to @POTUS to #SpeaktoSyrians directly about their experiences over the past 10 years. Every Syrian deserves to live in freedom, dignity, and peace. I nominate @Wendy_Pearlman and @wendywidom to join us and nominate two more. #Syria
I speak to Syrians and hear the pain and terror in their voices. But even on their worst days, I also hear hope. @POTUS I ask you to #SpeakToSyrians and put a human face to the atrocities. I nominate @AmalHanano and @arwaCNN to join my plea + tag 2 more.
For the first time ever, a court has convicted a former Syrian regime officer for crimes against humanity. This trial represents hope for an alternative judicial process that will bring justice and accountability to those that have committed atrocities.
https://t.co/r6PgHMwxQK
Dear @SamanthaJPower@SecBlinken@ABlinken@JakeSullivan46 I know your heart is in the right place. I’ve had the honor of meeting with each of you with and without Caesar. We failed #Syria under President Obama and President Trump’s administrations. Let us not fail under @POTUS
.@60Minutes & @ScottPelley not letting the world forget the war crimes of Assad & his regime. Chilling viewing, but a tribute to the bravery of Syrians who risked everything so that the truth would be established & the evidence prepared. https://t.co/smNWnZ3v7k
Warning: graphic content
In photographs of Syrians killed in Bashar al-Assad’s secret prisons, bodies are marked with numbers that identify the detainee and the intelligence branch that tortured and killed him or her. https://t.co/XIBUHRzFDt
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the murder of the journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, who were killed by a Syrian government rocket fired into the besieged enclave of Baba Amr in Homs. Many many Syrians have been killed since that terrible day.
Tonight, Scott Pelley reports on the atrocities committed by Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad against the Syrian people, and the photographer who risked his life to document them. https://t.co/Zr0HgI6DqA
SAC and @AmFreeSyria applaud the Biden administration for its decision to extend TPS for nationals of Syria to September 2022, and to redesignate 1,800 individuals, making them eligible to file for TPS.
Read the full press release here:
https://t.co/LTjhDIPxb1
Honored to have moderated tonight’s “Congressional Town Hall Webinar: U.S. Policy in Syria amidst global change" with @RepKinzinger@RepBrendanBoyle@sa_council@AmFreeSyria@Syr2013. Always grateful for the opportunity to add awareness to an important issue.
Register now for tomorrow's virtual town hall with Syria Caucus Co-Chairs, Reps. @RepBrendanBoyle and @RepKinzinger, moderated by esteemed journalist @secupp!
The town hall begins at 6:00PM EST, Monday, Jan. 11th.
Register here: https://t.co/DbZLyihzVP
Join SAC and @AmFreeSyria for our first Town Hall of 2021, this Monday at 6 p.m. EST.
Renowned journalist @secupp will moderate a conversation with @RepBrendanBoyle and @RepKinzinger.
Please register in advance for this webinar:
https://t.co/c9qKHR9TDk