A Statement about the Number of Martyrs of the Syrian Revolution

from March 15th, 2011 to February 1st, 2012

Issued by the Syrian Network for Human Rights

www.syrianhr.org

The number of martyrs has reached 7191 since the eruption of the Syrian Revolution on March 15th, 2011 until February 1st, 2012:

They are distributed as follows:

The total number of martyrs………………………………………... 7191

The number of civilian martyrs……………………………………... 6599

The number of military martyrs…………………………………….... 592

The number of children martyrs…………. 462 (82 females and 380 males)

The number of female martyrs……………………………………….. 326

The number of martyrs killed under torture……………………….…. 323

The number of martyrs above 60 years………………………………… 77

They are distributed among Syrian provinces as follows:

The number of martyrs in Homs……………………………………. 2422

The number of martyrs in Hama……………………………………. 1092

The number of martyrs in Daraa……………………………………… 962

The number of martyrs in Idlib……………………………………….. 939

The number of martyrs in Damascus Suburbs…….………………….. 656

The number of martyrs in Dir Zour…………………………………... 334

The number of martyrs in Latakia…………………………………….. 309

The number of martyrs in Damascus………………………………..… 212

The number of martyrs in Aleppo……………………………………… 92

The number of martyrs in Tertous……………………………………… 63

The number of martyrs in Al-Heseka…………………………………… 43

The number of martyrs in Kenitra………………………………………. 37

The number of martyrs in Rika…………………………………………. 17

The number of martyrs in Al-Seweydaa………………………………… 13

In the file accessed from the link below, it is possible to have a look at all names of the martyrs, details about their personal status, and how they were fallen martyrs:

http://www.syrianhr.org/Martyrs_01_02_12.xls

It should be noted that Syrian Network for Human Rights adopts a strict methodology to verify the names of the martyrs as follows:

1 - Getting the detailed information about the names of martyrs from the revolutionary councils of Syrian Revolution General Commission and the Coordinators of the Syrian Revolution in the Syrian villages, cities, and provinces attached with all available details and videos documenting the events.

2 - All received information have been subjected to a comprehensive process of authentication as to guarantee their credibility by the 246 members of Syrian Network for Human Rights Network in all of the Syrian provinces. Most of these members are doctors, lawyers, and university professors who have been involved in the Human Rights activities since 2007. These members check all information they get from the relatives of the martyrs, their families, or their close friend ; and certainly make the prior condition of the consensus of two people who do not know each other about any information so that it can be verified and included in the list of martyrs.

3 - Getting written or filmed testimonies form the families of the martyrs, their closest friends, or the doctors who treated them before they die or wrote their death certificates. These testimonies document all available information and are included in the personal file of each martyr.

4 - Impartiality and professionalism in documenting the names of martyrs both civilians and military as they are all Syrian citizens regardless of their loyalty or beliefs. Syrian Network for Human Rights asserts that all martyrs deserve prosperous lives as it is stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

5 - The Syrian Network for Human Rights issues all names verified in accordance with the above strict conditions. It should be noted that there is a huge number of missing people whose families know nothing about them. The estimated number of this category, according to the statistics of Syrian Network for Human Rights, is up to 20000, in addition to 18000 detainees documented in lists. The full names of the missing people, whose family members or any of Syrian Network for Human Rights members could not know where they are detained or what is their destiny up to the moment, are now available at Syrian Network for Human Rights.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights asserts its readiness to provide all needed information, details, documentations, and testimonies required by any media, human rights or international organisation believing it can do something to alleviate the sufferings of the people of Syria. In the last few weeks, Syrians have been subjected to massacres which amount to crimes against humanity according to the International Law criteria concerned with the classification of crimes committed against humanity. Among the victims of these massacres were whole families that were fallen martyrs as a result of the random storming of tanks and mortar shells on the houses of unarmed civilians in many Syrian cities and villages, and the situation is still the same up to the moment in the provinces of Homs, Damascus Suburbs, Hama, and Idlib.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights calls upon all human rights organisations and civil society organisations to back the people of Syria as to call on the International Community, especially the Security Council to take its moral responsibility to protect Syrian civilians by all available means guaranteed by the Charter of the United Nations and the International Law so that what is taking place in Syrian will not be a stigma in the history of Human Rights in the twenty-first century.

Syrian Human Rights Network

www.syrianhr.org