New Evidence Shows Regime’s Industrial Killing and Torture

Press Statement

Syrian Coalition

Istanbul, Turkey

January 21, 2014

New evidence chronicling the regime’s brutality underlines the need for a transition to a Syria free of Assad, and the end of the country’s culture of impunity.

An investigation by an internationally renown panel of experts has found evidence of systematic torture and killing by the regime. The team, which included international criminal prosecutors, a forensic pathologist an anthropologist and an expert in digital imaging, examined thousands of images provided by a regime defector who worked within the security apparatus.

In light of the new evidence, the Syrian Coalition reiterates its call for the international community to exert all possible pressure on the regime to step aside and allow Syrians to realise their desire for a free country.

Previous reports by human rights organisations have alluded to the regime’s systematic killing and use of torture and violence as a premeditated policy, however, the latest findings demonstrate that the level of industrialized killing the regime is inflicting on the country cannot be ignored

Continued Russian and Iranian support for the regime is the main obstacle to finding a solution to the violence in Syria. It is this support that allows the regime to announce ahead of negotiations that it has no intention of stepping aside, whereby undermining the whole process before it has begun.

The experts were mandated to carry out their investigation by UK law firm Carter Ruck, which asked them to establish the credibility of the information.

A copy of the final report is available on the following link.

We ask for Mercy for our martyrs, health for our wounded, and freedom for our detainees.

Long live Syria and its people, free and with honor.