[Déclaration en français téléchargeable ici]
- The situation facing the civilian population in north-west Syria is totally unacceptable. Some three million civilians are trapped in Idlib province in freezing winter weather between the onslaught of advancing Syrian and Russian forces, the closed border with Turkey, and abusive opposition forces.
- The Syrian government and its allies are responsible for a prolonged series of war crimes and for the bulk of civilian casualties. Multiple sources have collected incontrovertible evidence of these war crimes. Local and international opposition forces have also committed atrocities. However, these in no way excuse the commission of crimes by the Syrian government and its allies.
- The current situation is all the more shocking because of the failure of the United Nations and its member states to take effective action to halt the conflict since it began in 2011.
- The European Union and other European States are thwarting asylum seekers and not delivering on their responsibilities in line with international refugee law.
- What is happening in Syria challenges our common humanity. Silence, indifference and inaction are tantamount to complicity. State signatories to the Geneva Conventions and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights are accomplices if they do not take action to stop the slaughter and ensure the safety of people in need of refuge. Citizens, equally, have a moral obligation not to avert their gaze.
United Against Inhumanity (UAI) therefore calls on people and civil society organisations everywhere to show their indignation and compassion and:
1. Add your name to the Declaration below
2. Take every opportunity to denounce and demand an end to the crimes of all the warring parties
3. Call on the governments of Syria, the Russian Federation and their allies as well as local and other international warring parties to immediately desist from killing and harming civilians.
4. Call on European governments and others, international organisations and NGOs to immediately and dramatically increase their support for Syrian civilians in need of humanitarian protection and assistance. Governments must open their hearts and borders to all in need of refuge and resettlement from this hellish war zone.
5. Call on Turkey to once again demonstrate its humanity and compassion by opening its border to Syrians in desperate need of refuge.
6. Urge governments of countries, particularly in Europe, to acknowledge the role of Turkey in hosting millions of refugees and increase their support to Turkey, as well as to Jordan and to Lebanon, to meet urgent humanitarian needs.
6. Demand that their own governments seek justice for the millions of Syrians who have been killed, maimed and uprooted.
Confronted by the abject failure of states, the United Nations and other international organisations to bring atrocities in Syria to a halt, United Against Inhumanity calls on people from every walk of life, in every country, to add their names to this Declaration.
220 people and 1 organisation have said NO so far:
Mbeng Flixon, Cameroon
Isabella Jean, United States
Madeleine Leroyer, France
Kubra Mertek, Turkey
Alex Jackson, United Kingdom
Dana Zughayyar, Malta
Jean-Pierre Reymond, Switzerland
Aleema Shivji, United Kingdom
Bernadette Niland, Ireland
Someone from Romania
Lajos Pistorius, Germany
Ulla-Maija Finskas, Finland
Nadia Saracini, United Kingdom
Marc Sauvaget, France
Someone from the United Kingdom
Someone from France
Someone from Switzerland
Someone from Morocco
Jean-Pierre Rigal, France
Tuula Arti, France
Lise Dubuc, France
Mauricette Veckerle, France
Laure Tamanini, France
Someone from France
Someone from France
Someone from France
Someone from France
Someone from France
Lionel Brard, France
Anne Cambron, France
Christine Laurain, France
Dominique Gréau, Sweden
Beatrix Hupkens-van Til, The Netherlands
Juliette Beaudequin, France
Catherine Bidaut, France
Marc Evelyne, France
Mireille Rosenberger, France
Marie-Christine Boinet, France
Céline El Debs, Switzerland
Anna Goos, Germany
Jeanne Donini, Switzerland
Marc Raper, Myanmar
Mohamed El Kouhene, Italy
Karen Alexander, United Kingdom
Bérangère Lenoir, France
Noemie Weimer, France
Nicole Pittet, Switzerland
John Renninger, United States
Someone from Italy
Philippe Ryfman, France
Alex Jackson, United Kingdom
Alex Hamilton, United Kingdom
Dyan Mazurana, United States
Mike Edington, United States
Maura Guerrera, France
Syed Naveed Hussain, United Kingdom
Gianni Rufini, Italy
Geoffrey Reynard, France
Silvia Carneiro G., Peru
Someone from France
Nancy Holohan, United States
Bruna Carvalho, Italy
Someone from Germany
Jocelyne Cumunel, France
Someone from Italy
Barbara Quarta, Italy
Gianni Rufini, Italy
Anne Davies, Switzerland
Someone from the United Kingdom
Andrew Gilmour, United Kingdom
Lajos Pistorius, Germany
Kostas Moschochoritis, Greece
Barbara Siringo, Italy
Clifton Rajesh Grover, Germany
Lance Evoy, Canada
Cyril Cadier, France
Giovanna Letizia La Marca, Italy
Mike Lamsfuß, Germany
Jacinta O’Hagan, Australia
Someone from Afghanistan
Someone from Italy
Nathalie Demierre, France
Someone from France
Tamara Cvetkovic, Bosnia and Herzegowina
Adam Khedrawy, Switzerland
Kama Petruczenko, United Kingdom
Sylviane Binz, Switzerland
Sudhanshu S. Singh, India
Someone in France
Someone in Germany
Yvan Sturm, Switzerland
Rafael Robillard, Argentina
Eusebio F. Giandomenico, Italy
Pier Donini, Switzerland
Antonella Deledda, Italy
Caterina Donini, France
Someone in Switzerland
Julien Donini, France
Federica Scalabrin, France
Tanja Granzow, Germany
Jean-Marc Boivin, France
Emanuele Sommario, Italy
Someone in Lebanon
Jack Mulligan, Germany
Geraldine Niland, Ireland
Someone in Switzerland
Camille Lambert, Switzerland
Yayoi Yamazaki, Japan
Someone in the United States
Esther Oester, Switzerland
Monique Salic, Croatia
Michael Pesci, Croatia
Ruth Riegler, United Kingdom
Conor Carrigan, United States
Mike Noyes, United Kingdom
Someone in Switzerland
Yannick Chauffaut, Switzerland
Urs von Fellenberg, France
Gabriela Guadalajara, Mexico
Valentina Donini, Italy
Someone in Spain
Vanessa Marjoribanks, United Kingdom
Nicola Spafford Furey, Switzerland
Someone in France
Zina Armanazi, Germany
Anne Rieu, France
Malcolm Rolfe, United Kingdom
Dominik Petri, Germany
Bronwen Griffiths, United Kingdom
Nick Biggs, United Kingdom
Someone in France
Laura McGrew, United States
Nancy Klassen, Canada
Susan Rapp, United States
Halimah El Azem, Germany
Virginia Johansson, United States
Someone in the United States
Katka Oelmann, Germany
Someone in the United Kingdom
Braa Abo Yhea, Syrian Arab Republic
Talwyn Oliver, United Kingdom
Wayne Heimbach, United States
Stacy Brown, United States
Sarah Backhouse, United kingdom
Margaret Lynd, Canada
Catharina Lovreglio, Germany
Jemima Williams, United Kingdom
Ian Marvin, United Kingdom
Silvia Hernani dos santos, Brazil
Clare Maxwell, United States
Rimke Majoor, Netherlands
Benjamin Richardier, France
Ron Ockwell, France
James Smith, United Kingdom
Kimberly Howe, France
Alan Keenan, United States
Greg Hansen, Canada
Killian Levacher, Ireland
Cristina Jucker, Italy
Maurice Wren, United Kingdom
Saume Madzin-Kolobh, Senegal
Margaret Heraty, United Kingdom
Someone from the United Kingdom
Bertrand Quinet, France
Salla Turunen, Norway
John Burley, France
IRISH SYRIA SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT (ISSM), Ireland
Fabienne Fauquembergue, France
Nancy El-Shatoury, United Kingdom
Miles Wickstead, United Kingdom
Eleanor Pritchard, United Kingdom
Michael Lenehan, Ireland
Caroline Hunt-Matthes, France
Rebecca Star, United States
Joyce Maxwell, United States
Fanny Del, France
Berhane Woldegabriel, United Kingdom
Matthieu Simonard, France
Mark Duffield, United Kingdom
Jane Yeoman, United Kingdom
Emilie Larese-Silvestre, France
Luellen Delorme Kazan, United States
Edward Mortimer, United Kingdom
Guillaume Noailly, France
Lucie Girard, France
Philippe Villeval, France
Bernard Michel, France
Jean-Baptiste Richardier, France
Nordine Boulasladj, France
Maxwell Gaylard, Australia
Mark Bowden, United Kingdom
Sarah Beeching, United Kingdom
Lola Gostelow, United Kingdom
Gregory Gottlieb, United States
George Graham , United Kingdom
Máiréad Collins, Ireland
Yazan Douedari, United Kingdom
Stefanie Grant, United Kingdom
Sean Lowrie, United Kingdom
Patrick Maxwell, United States
Sarah Hammerl, Germany
David Wardrop, United Kingdom
Dan Maxwell, United States
Martin Barber, United Kingdom
Thomas G. Weiss, United States
Ralf Trapp, France
Nino Sergi, Italy
Hamza Rankousi, Syrian Arab Republic
Aref Razouk, Turkey
Kathleen Levacher, Ireland
Françoise Donini Pizard, France
Tracey Myers, United Kingdom
Gill Grunwald, United Kingdom
Randolph Kent, United Kingdom
Martin Quack, Germany
Antonio Donini, Switzerland
Angela Raven-Roberts, United Kingdom
Ross Mountain, New Zealand
Christine Grandjean, France
Violetta Donini, France
Norah Niland, Switzerland
Severine Ougier, Switzerland
