🧵:For @washingtonpost I wrote about influencers flocking to Syria to whitewash a regime currently sanctioned for gross human rights violations. I also spoke about how these influencers are getting financial support from western companies. https://t.co/QPzBoBKu33
Son birkaç yılda #Suriye’ye yoğun şekilde “gezgin youtuberlar” gelmeye başladı . Görünüşte olumlu olan içerikleri, genellikle Suriye içindeki ve dışındaki #suriyeli/lerin yaşamlarını nasıl olumsuz etkilediğine dayanan bir eleştiri dalgasıyla karşılanmaktadır.
In the past few years, #Syria has repeatedly made its way to the feeds of “Travel influencers”.
The seemingly positive content is often met with a wave of criticism based on how this content negatively impacts the lives of Syrians both inside and outside Syria.
“One day, I was at Tishreen military hospital where bodies are processed before being sent to the mass graves, and there was a body of a little girl only 6 or 7 years old. Her little lifeless body showed signs of terrible torture.” -#GraveDigger#Syria
This attempt of the Assad regime is nothing but a reminder of its many crimes for which it has not yet been held accountable, as well as a reminder that #Syria is not safe.
Since 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been detained or forcibly disappeared by the Assad regime. As of now, the number of released detainees is insignificant compared with the number of those still held in detention.
Deir ez-Zor today, the people have said their word, we will continue the revolution despite everything, 11 years and we are still going on.
11 عاماً ومكملين ..