Condemnation and denunciation For the kidnapping of Bishop Polis Al Yazigi and Bishop John Abraham and killing the driver And demanding their immediate release
كتبها Administrator الاثنين, 29 أبريل 2013 10:55
Press Release
Damascus, 29/4/2013
A joint statement by the organizations, bodies, and centers for the defense of human rights in Syria and the Arab world
Condemnation and denunciation
For the kidnapping of Bishop Polis Al Yazigi and Bishop John Abraham and killing the driver
And demanding their immediate release
The organizations, bodies, and centers for the defense of human rights in Syria and the Arab world received, with deep concern and indignation and condemnation, the news of the unidentified gunmen abducting both national religious figures, near the city of Aleppo, on 22/04/2013,:
• Metropolitan of Aleppo, Iskenderun and surroundings for Rome Orthodox Bishop Polis Yazigi.
• Metropolitan of Aleppo for Syriac Orthodox Bishop John Abraham,
They were taken to an unknown destination, after killing the driver Fateh Allah Roubin Kapoud and are still unaccounted for, until now.
We in the organizations, bodies, and centers for the defense of human rights in Syria and the Arab world, condemn and deplore very strongly, the abduction of:
• Bishop Polis Al Yazigi
• Bishop John Abraham
Regardless of whoever is behind this sinful attempt, we express our deep concern and fear on their lives, because the abduction is a real threat to their safety and their lives.
We call upon all who can work on the detection of their fate, maintain their safety, or try to release them, whoever has abducted them, as the abduction constitutes a flagrant violation of all local, regional and international human rights protection laws, conventions, and treaties.
Damascus: 28 \ 4 \ 2013
Signatory centers, organizations, and bodies:
The name of human rights organizations signed
1. Committees for the Defense of Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria
2. The Arab Commission for Human Rights – Paris
3. Network Iraqi human rights organizations (including 53 human rights organizations) / Iraq
4. Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center / Palestine
5. Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights / Algeria
6. Yemen Organization for Defending Rights and Democratic Freedoms / Yemen
7. Al-Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture/ Lebanon
8. Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] / Jordan
9. Aman Network for Rehabilitation and Defending Human Rights/ Lebanon
10. Electronic Press Association / Jordan
11. Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights / Algeria
12. Mauritanian Association for the Promotion Rights / Mauritania
13. Human Rights and Democracy Media Centers SHAMS/ Palestine
14. Iraqi Alliance Against the Death Penalty/ Iraq
15. AL-Rafidain Center for Ensuring Human Rights / Iraq
16. Bahrain Transparency Society / Bahrain
17. Yemeni Women's Union / Apain
18. Aljthour Society for Citizens' Rights/ Jordan
19. Hammurabi Organization for Monitoring Human Rights and Democracy / Iraq
20. Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria (observer) / Syria
21. National Organization for Human Rights in Syria
22. Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF / Syria
23. The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Syria
24. Kurdish Organization for the Defense of Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria ) DAD(
25. Syrian League for the Defense of Human Rights / Syria
26. Amman Forum Society for Human Rights / Jordan
27. The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Jordan
28. Syrian platform for NGOs (SPNGO ) / Syria
29. Syrian Kurdish Centre for Documentation / Syria
30. Syrian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (SCODP) / Syria
31. National Coordination for the Defense of missing in Syria
32. Syrian Jurists League for transitional justice and the rule of law/ Syria
33. Syrian League for Freedom and fairness / Syria
34. Ibella Center for Transitional Justice and democracy / Syria
35. Syrian Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture / Syria
36. Syrian National Center for Democracy and Human Development / Syria
37. National Center for the Study of Tolerance and Anti-Violence in Syria
38. Defend for prisoners of conscience in Syria – Rwankh
39. Syrian Center for Human Rights / Syria
40. The Palestinian Society for Human Rights (Monitor) / Lebanon
41. Bahraini Observatory for Human Rights / Bahrain
42. Human Rights Monitoring Center/Bahrain
43. Arab-European Center for Human Rights and International Law/ Norway
44. Arab Coalition Against the DP.
45. Bahrain Society for Human Rights
46. Al-Lualuaa Society for Human Rights/Bahrain
47. Arab Society for Academics Freedom
48. Arab Network for Human Rights Trainers
49. Arab Women Organization/Jordan
50. Jordan Coalition Against the DP.
51. El- Nadim Center for the Management and Rehabilitation of victims of violence / Egypt
52. Jordan Network for Human Rights Trainers
53. Human Forum for women’s Rights/Jordan
54. Mauritanian Club for intellectuals for Democracy and Development
55. Syrian Center for Civil society and Human Rights Studies.