Syria's bloodiest day: Hundreds of men, women and children massacred by Assad's army

SYRIAN troops murdered 320 people including women and children in the civil war’s bloodiest ­massacre, rebels claimed yesterday.

Most were executed with shots to the head or chest in house-to-house raids by soldiers on the rampage, according to opposition activists.

Clips posted on the internet showed the bodies of several ­children wrapped in sheets and one toddler soaked in blood.

Syrian officials said troops had “cleansed” the area of terrorists after three days of heavy bombardment by tanks.

The dead were found in homes and basement shelters in the working class Sunni town of Darayya, near Damascus.

If confirmed, the death toll dwarfs massacres such as those in Homs, where 300 were killed, and Houla, where 108 died.

President Assad’s troops were accused of killing 440 people in total over the weekend.

One rebel said: “It appears two dozen died from sniper fire and the rest were executed by gunshots from close range.”

The activist said he saw an eight-year-old shot by snipers while she was leaving the carnage with her parents in their car.

He added: “They were trying to flee the army raids. Three bullets hit her in the back and her parents brought her to a makeshift hospital. Nothing could be done for her.”

A voice of the person filming the dead in a mosque in Darayya said: “You are seeing the revenge of Assad’s forces. More than 150 bodies on the floor.

#Daraya : Another massacre , the biggest so far !!

#Daraya : Another massacre , the biggest so far !!

أين حقوق الطفل

في شهر شباط عام 2011 اقتحم خمسة ملثمين من رجال الشرطة، منزل عائلة عبد الرازق في سلوان، مطالبين باعتقال طفل يبلغ من العمر 7 سنوات بزعم الاشتباه بمشاركته في رشق الشرطة الاسرائيلية بالحجارة.

وبعد أن حاول أفراد الاسرة منعهم من اعتقال الصغير والاحتجاج على اقتحام البيت، أطلقت الشرطة على الأسرة الرصاص المطاطيّ، وأصابوا عمة الطفل بجراح في ساقها، وضربوا والده بأعقاب البنادق في رأسه، ورشّوه بغاز الفلفل على وجهه قبل أن يعتقلوا الطفل فعلاً، ويقتادوه إلى جيب للشرطة، حيث احتجزوه ساعتين فيه بينما كان يجوب شوارع القدس.

حاولت والدة الطفل اللحاق بالجيب لكن لم يسمح لها بالاقتراب منه، وتم اقتياد ابنها إلى معتقل "المسكوبية" ثم أفرج عنه بعد ذلك. ورغم تقدّم العائلة بشكوى ضدّ الشرطة، أغلق ملف التحقيق بعد حواليّ 6 أشهر، وكأن شيئاً لم يكن.

شاهد الفيديو التالي: http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/1.1799994 

"رســالة من لاجئ فلسطيني الــى لاجئ سوري"

بمناسبة افتتاح مخيم الزعتري للاجئين السوريين في الأردن

ستكون الخيمة مزعجة في الليلة الأولى، ثم في السنة الأولى، بعد ذلك ستصير ودودةً كواحدٍ من العائلة، لكن حاذر أن تقع في حبها؛ كما فعلنا

لا تبتهج إن رأيتهم يقيمون لكم مركزاً صحياً، أو مدرسةً ابتدائية، هذا خبرٌ غير سارّ أبداً ! وإيّاك أن تتورط بمطالبات غبية مثل بناء بيوت بسيطة بدل الخيام، أو بخطوط مياه و

كهرباء، ذلك يعني أنك بدأت تتعايش...وهنا مَقتل… اللاجىء، وهنا أيضاً مَقبرته!

ولا تُدرّب أولادك على الصبر، الصبر حيلة العاجز، وذريعة مَن تَخلّى،

واللاجىء يموت إن لم ينظر خلفه مرّتين في اللحظة الواحدة.

أنت لستَ ابن "هناك"؛ تَذَكّر هذا دائماً؛ أنت لك "هنا" جميل ولا يُخان، ..لا تنم ليلةً دون أن تُعدّد محاسنه لأطفالك، واقرأ عليهم كيف مات الناس، وكيف ذُبحوا على شاشات التلفزيون لأنهم لم يُصفّقوا للخِطاب، وقل لهم

أنك تنام بين أشجارٍ غريبةٍ، لأنك لم تشأ أن تُلدغَ من "أسدٍ" واحدٍ مَرّتين !

سيبيعك الناس لبعضهم، تلك هواية السياسيين، وسيجيؤك المتضامنون من كل البلاد، ستصير أنتَ شعارهم الانتخابي، ويتقربون بك إلى الله، وستزداد همّة الناس في تفقّدك في "رمضان" وفي الأعياد والمناسبات الدينية !والبعض سيصوّر أطفالك منهكين وجائعين وزوجتك النائمة الآن في الظلّ لــ تكون موضوعاً لصورةٍ تفوز بجائزةٍ دولية !

ستتعلّمون لغات جديدة، ومشاعر جديدة، وستنشأ علاقةٌ مُلتبسةٌ مع المنفى، وقد تشعر في ليلةٍ ماكرةٍ بأنه لا ينقصهُ شيء ليكون كافياً كوطن ..؛ لكنك سرعان ما ستنتبه : الأشجار هنا لا تخضرّ كما يجب، والملح ليس مالحاً، والذين ماتوا لن يغفروا لي، وتعود تنظر للوراء مرّتين ! 

وهنا سيتقدمُ ابنك –الذي صار رجلاً دون أن تنتبه – ليحمل عنك الذاكرة، .. ويحمل حُلمك الذي أنقض ظهرك !ربما يا صديقي أن الأمر سيبدو مُعقّداً في البداية؛ لكنّه واضحٌ: أنت "هناك" لأن الـ "هنا" متوعكةٌ، وقد يطول غيابك ليلتين، لكنك لستَ في رحلةٍ للبحث عن هويّة جديدةٍ، ولن تُفكّر حتماً في مدّ سلك كهرباء الى الخيمة؛ ..

تلك خطيئتنا نحنُ، حين قُلنا: الخيمة ضيّقةٌ ونحتاج خيمتين إضافيتين !

واسمعني، فأنا أفوقك خبرة بـ 63 عاماً في هذه "المهنة": لا تلتقط الصور التذكارية مع سفراء النوايا الحسنة، ولا تشكو لهم حرارة الطقس أو من الحصى في الخبز، وحاذر أن تطالب بخيمةٍ أفضل، ليس ثمة خيمة أفضل من خيمة''

TEN THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE

 

1. Volunteer your time with an agency that serves children and families. Some examples might be an after school program, a mentoring program, or a parenting class.

 

2. Educate yourself and others about what child abuse is. Know the warning signs of child abuse.

 

3. Support local programs that prevent child abuse. Consider asking your church or social group to do a fundraiser for an organization that prevents child abuse or works with abused children.

 

4. Teach your children their rights. Help them learn who the supportive and caring adults in their lives are, and make sure they know who they can talk to if they are hurt in any way.

 

5. Teach your children to solve problems without violence. Set a good example by avoiding using violence to discipline children or pets.

 

6. Get to know your neighbors and their children. Offer to help neighbors, and ask for their help occasionally.

 

7. If you know of a family that's under stress, offer to help out by babysitting or helping with chores.

 

8. Find out what resources are available in your community to families, such as parenting support groups, sliding-scale counseling, or crisis respite care. Ask your library to create a parenting resource section.

 

9. Know your children's friends. Make them feel welcome in your home.

 

10. If you feel that a child is being abused, report it! One phone call could save a child's life. The authorities will not tell anyone who made the report.

 

 

Ways You Can Stop Child Abuse in a Public Place

It can be very uncomfortable to watch the mistreatment of a child by an adult out of control. Fortunately, there are things you can do to help...

-Start a conversation with the adult to direct attention away from the child. For example: "She seems to be trying your patience." "My child has gotten upset like that too." "He has beautiful (eyes)" - to get the parent in a positive mood. "Children can wear you out, can't they? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Divert the child's attention (if misbehaving) by talking to the child.

-Look for an opportunity to praise the parent or child.

-If the child is in danger, offer assistance. For example, if the child is left unattended in a grocery cart, stand by the child until the parent returns.

-Avoid negative remarks or looks. These reactions are likely to increase the parent's anger and could make matters worse.

‘Summer Brides’: Under-age daughters sold as ‘sex-slaves’ in Egypt, report claims

By AL ARABIYA

Wealthy Arab tourists from Gulf countries are paying money to purchase under-age Egyptian girls as “summer-brides”, claims a new report on human trafficking released by the U.S. State Department.

The marriages are not legally binding and end when the men return to their home countries.

According to the report “Trafficking in Persons”, often times these temporary marriages are facilitated by the girls’ parents who profit from the transaction.

According to Britain’s The Daily Mail, the wealthy tourists pay an amount to poor families through intermediaries, ranging from anywhere between $495 and $4,950.The young victims, some under the age of 18, are then forced to serve as sex slaves as well as servants to their “husbands.” 

Egypt has laws in place that aim to combat human trafficking which prevent foreigners from marrying an Egyptian woman if there is more than ten years age difference, but marriage brokers have found a way around that by forging birth certificates to make the girls appear older and the men younger.

These contracts also eliminate any potential problems with hotels and land lords who may demand to see proof of marriage before allowing a couple to stay in a room together, since pre-marital sex is prohibited in Islam.

In many cases, the family agrees to marry their daughter without her consent, but often the girls are willing participants as they see it as the only way to help provide for their families.

In some cases the men take the Egyptian girls back to their home country to work as maids for their first wives. But even the girls who stay in Egypt do not fare much better since they often become ostracized by society and find it difficult to re-marry in the traditional way, particularly if the “summer marriage” resulted in a child.

Many of the young women end up in a cycle of temporary marriages with Gulf tourists, and others are targeted by Egyptian men who marry them in order to force them into prostitution.

Many abandon the child out of shame, either to orphanages or leaving them to join the hundreds of thousands of street children that already exist in Egypt.

Dr. Hoda Badran, who chairs the NGO Alliance for Arab Women, explained to the Sunday Independent that poverty is the main factor behind this phenomenon.

“If those families are in such a need to sell their daughters you can imagine how poor they are. Many times, the girl does not know she is marrying the husband just for the short term. She is young, she accepts what her family tells her, she knows the man is going to help them. If the girl is very poor, sometimes it is the only way out to help the family survive,” she told the newspaper.

The report by the State department said Egypt is making significant efforts to eliminate human trafficking, but due to the political unrest in the country over the past year, the government is unable to provide law enforcement and prosecution data on those efforts.

Furthermore, it said Egypt is continuing to develop strategies to implement a comprehensive action plan to address all aspects on trafficking.

In 2009, a court in Egypt’s second largest city Alexandria jailed two registrars for conducting temporary marriages of hundreds of underage girls, however NGOs say that this is only the tip of the iceberg, and that more needs to be done to implement existing laws.