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ACTION URGENTE AVOCAT
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SYRIE
10 décembre 2013
Razan Zeitouneh
et Nazem Hamadi
enlevés dans le secteur de Douma, près
de Damas par des assaillants inconnus
Le
10 décembre au matin, dans le secteur de Douma, dans la banlieue de Damas,
des hommes masqués ont fait irruption dans les locaux du Centre de documentation
des violations (CVC), qui est rattaché aux
comités locaux de coordination (CLC) – un réseau de militants qui tient la comptabilité de la
répression en Syrie, dans un secteur contrôlé par les rebelles mais assiégé
par les troupes du régime.
Razan Zeitouneh, (Voir
120 avocats 2011)a été enlevée en compagnie de
son mari, Waël Hamada, ainsi que de l’avocat et
poète syrien, Nazem
Hamadi et
de de Samira Khalil, l'épouse de
Yassin Haj Saleh, l'un des principaux théoriciens
de la révolution. L'enlèvement a
eu lieu dans la Ghouta orientale, un secteur à l'est de la capitale,
contrôlé par les rebelles mais assiégé par les forces gouvernementales.
Selon les CLC, en l'absence de revendication, les soupçons se portent sur
les groupes armés djihadistes qui pullulent dans la région, comme l'Etat
islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL).
Les Comités locaux de coordination - CLC ont
appelé les ravisseurs à libérer immédiatement et sans condition les
militants. Condamnant fermement l'enlèvement, ils ont souligné que leurs
auteurs seraient tenus "directement pour responsables de tout ce qui
pourrait (leur) arriver".
Agée
de 36 ans, avocate de
formation, Razan
Zeitouneh était spécialisée avant la révolution
dans la défense des prisonniers politiques. Elle avait fondé en 2001,
l'Association pour les droits de l’Homme en Syrie, et elle a été l'un des
premiers militants du soulèvement populaire lancé en mars 2011 contre le
régime de Bachar al-Assad. Devenue une figure de
la lutte pour une Syrie laïque et démocratique, elle travaille depuis
activement au sein des comités locaux de coordination (CLC) . Selon l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'Homme
(OSDH), plus de 126 000 personnes ont été tuées depuis mars 2011.
Précédemment,
en mai 2011, les forces de sécurité
avaient fouillé le domicile de Razan Zeitouneh qui était absente. Ne la trouvant pas chez
elle, elles avaient arrêté son mari.
Voir :
http://www.idhae.org/observatoire-fr-page4.1.moyor.syr25.htm
Toutefois,
l’affaire n’est pas si simple. Car, Razan Zeitouneh avait déjà fait l’objet de menaces de la part
de groupes rebelles. De multiples forces rebelles sont présentes dans cette
région. Et, l’enlèvement, pourrait selon certains informateurs, avoir été
perpétré par un groupe d'obédience salafiste.
Demandez aux autorités syriennes de libérer immédiatement et sans condition, Razan Zeitouneh,
son mari Wael
Hamada, mais aussi l’avocat Nazem
Hammadi, et
Samira Khalil, en rappelant que leur enlèvement semble
être directement liée à leur travail
en tant qu’avocats des droits de
l'homme.
(Voir modèle de lettre et adresses ci-dessous).
AGISSEZ IMMEDIATEMENT
ATTORNEY URGENT ALERT
SYRIA
December 10, 2013
Razan
Zeitouneh
and
Nazem Hamadi
abducted in the Damascus suburb of Douma by
unknown individuals
On 10 December 2013,
an unknown armed group raided on the office of the Violations Documentation
Center, based in a suburb of Damascus.
Razan Zeitouneh,
her husband Wael Hamada, but also a lawyer and
poet, Nazem Hammadi,
and Samira Khalil, all human rights defenders working at the Violations
Documentation Center (VDC) in rural Damascus, had been abducted on from a joint office for the
Violations Documentation Center (VDC) and the Local Development and Small
Projects Support (LDSPS) in the Damascus suburb of Douma,
part of Eastern Ghouta, an area under the control
of a number of armed opposition groups that is being besieged by government
forces.
Razan Zeitouneh,
Wael Hamada, Samira Khalil, and Nazem Hammadi had been
documenting abuses by all sides in Syria, at the VDC, which Razan founded. She also co-founded the Local
Coordination Committees (LCC), a network of civilian local groups that
organizes and reports on protests, and the Local Development and Small
Projects Support Office (LDSPS), which aims to help provide basic needs and
support medical centers. Her work attracted the wrath – and threats – from
both the government and opposition groups alike.
Razan Zeitouneh,
36, is a
lawyer who mostly represented political prisoners, and won several awards
for her human rights work. She has been an outspoken critic of the
government of President Bashar Assad since the outset of the rebellion in
Syria more than 2 1/2 years ago, and had previously worked on behalf of
dissidents. She told interviewers that she went into hiding more than two
years ago because of threats from authorities.
Razan Zeitouneh
is co-founder of the Local Coordination Committees in Syria (LCC) and the
Violations Documentation Center (VDC), which documents all human rights
violations in Syria. Furthermore, she is co-founder of the ‘local
development and small projects support office’ (LDSPS), which provices basic needs and essential services and support
to medical and development centres in Syria.
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PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW !
Addresses:
PLEASE SEND APPEALS TO:
H.E. Bashar
al-Assad, President, Presidential
Palace, al Rashid Street, Damascus, Syria Arab Republic, Fax: +963 11 332 3410;
• Mr. Imad al-Fraij,
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, O mayyad Square, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, Fax: +963 11 223 7842 / +963 11 666 2460;
• Mr. Tayseer
Qella Awad, Minister of Justice, Mazeh “Otstrad”, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, Fax: +963 11 666 2460;
• Mr. Wallid
Mu’allim, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, al-Rashid Street, Damascus,
Syrian Arab Republic, Fax: +963 11 332 7620 / +963 11 214 6253;
• H.E. Mr. Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations in Geneva, International
Centre Cointrin (ICC), Bloc D (7th Floor), Route
de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax:
+41 22 738 42 75, Email: mission.syria@ties.itu.int;
LETTRE :
[Your name here]
Re: Concerns
regarding the human rights lawyer Razan Zeitouneh ,Nazem Hammadi,
and others.
Your Excellency
I am
informed that on
10 December 2013, an unknown
armed group raided on
the office of the Violations Documentation Center, based
in a suburb of Damascus. Razan Zeitouneh, her husband Wael Hamada, but also a lawyer and poet, Nazem Hammadi, and Samira Khalil, all human
rights defenders working
at the Violations Documentation Center (VDC) in rural Damascus,
were abducted.
It is believed that the arrest and detention of Razan Zeitouneh intended to intimidate her to surrender to the authorities and desist from her human
rights work.
In this context,
I wish to draw to your attention the following
Articles of the United Nations Basic Principles
on the Role of Lawyers
(1990):
Article 16 states that:
Governments shall ensure that lawyers (a) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance,
harassment or improper interference; (b) are able to travel
and to consult with their clients freely both within their own country and abroad; and (c) shall not suffer, or be threatened with, prosecution or
administrative, economics or other
sanctions for any action taken
in accordance with recognized
professional duties,
standards and ethics.
Furthermore, Article 23 states
that:
Lawyers like other citizens are entitled to freedom of expression, belief,
association and assembly. In particular,
they shall have the rights to take part in public
discussion of matters concerning
the law, the
administration of justice and the promotion and protection of human rights and to join or form local, national or international organisations and attend their meetings, without suffering professional
restrictions by reason of their
lawful action or their membership in a lawful organisation.
In exercising these rights, lawyers shall always conduct themselves in
accordance with the law
and the recognised standards and ethics of the legal
profession.
In view of the above,
I respectfully
urge you to take immediate and effective action to immediately
and unconditionally release Razan
Zeitouneh, her husband Wael Hamada, but also a lawyer Nazem Hammadi, and Samira
Khalil, as this kidnapping seems
to be directly related to their work as human rights lawyers.
Yours sincerely, Yours sincerely
[Signature]
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et des droits de l’homme des avocats dans le monde
Institut des Droits de l’Homme
des Avocats Européens
European
Bar Human Rights Institute
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e-mail :
idhae@idhae.org
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