{"id":631,"date":"2013-04-29T10:39:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T10:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2013\/04\/29\/condemnation-and-denunciation-for-the-kidnapping-of-bishop-polis-al-yazigi-and-bishop-john-abraham-and-killing-the-driver-and-demanding-their-immediate-release\/"},"modified":"2013-04-29T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T10:39:20","slug":"condemnation-and-denunciation-for-the-kidnapping-of-bishop-polis-al-yazigi-and-bishop-john-abraham-and-killing-the-driver-and-demanding-their-immediate-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2013\/04\/29\/condemnation-and-denunciation-for-the-kidnapping-of-bishop-polis-al-yazigi-and-bishop-john-abraham-and-killing-the-driver-and-demanding-their-immediate-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Condemnation and denunciation For the kidnapping of Bishop Polis Al Yazigi and Bishop John Abraham and killing the driver and demanding their immediate release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The organizations, bodies, and centers for the defense of human rights in Syria and the Arab world received, with deep concern and indignation and condemnation, the ne<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">ws <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">of the unidentified<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> gunmen<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> abducting both national religious figures, near the city of Aleppo, on 22\/04\/2013,<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Metropolitan of Aleppo, Iskenderun and surroundings for Rome Orthodox Bishop Polis Yazigi.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Metropolitan of Aleppo for Syriac Orthodox Bishop John Abraham,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">They were taken<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">to an unknown destination, after killing the driver Fateh Allah Roubin Kapoud and are still unaccounted for, until now<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">We in the organizations, bodies, and centers for the defense of human rights in Syria and the Arab world, condemn and deplore very strongly, the abduction of<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2022 <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Bishop Polis Al Yazigi<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2022 <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Bishop John Abraham<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Regardless of whoever is<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> behind this sinful attempt, we express our deep concern and fear<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">on their lives, because the abduction is a real threat to their safety and their lives<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">We call upon all who can work on the detection of their fate, maintain their safety, or try to release them, whoever has abducted them, as the abduction constitutes a flagrant violation of all local, regional and international human rights protection laws, conventions, and treaties<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Signatory centers, organizations, and bodies<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>:<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\" dir=\"RTL\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The name of human rights organizations signed<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Committees for the Defense<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of Democratic Liberties and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Human Rights in Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"shorttext\">The Arab Commission for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\">Human Rights \u2013<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Paris<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Network<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Iraqi<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">human rights organizations<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> (including <\/span><span class=\"hps\">53<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">human rights<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">organizations<\/span><span class=\"hps\">) <\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Iraq<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Jerusalem<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Legal Aid and Human Rights Center \/ <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Palestine<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Algerian League for the<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Defense of Human Rights<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Algeria<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Yemen<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Organization for Defending Rights and Democratic Freedoms<\/span><\/span> \/ Yemen<\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"shorttext\">Al-Khiam<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> Rehabilitation Center for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\">Victims of Torture<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span class=\"hps\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\/<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span> <span class=\"shorttext\">Lebanon<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"shorttext\">Amman<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> \/ Jordan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"shorttext\">Aman Network for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Rehabilitation<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> and Defending Human Rights\/ Lebanon<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Electronic<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Press<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Association<\/span> \/ Jordan<\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Algerian League for the<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Defense of Human Rights<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Algeria<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Mauritanian Association<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for the Promotion<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Rights \/ <\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Mauritania<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">Human Rights and Democracy Media Centers SHAMS<span class=\"shorttext\">\/ <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Palestine<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Iraqi Alliance<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Against the Death Penalty<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">\/ <\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Iraq<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">AL-Rafidain<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Center for Ensuring Human Rights \/ Iraq <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Bahrain<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Transparency Society \/ <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Bahrain<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Yemeni Women&#8217;s Union \/ Apain<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Aljthour <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Society <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Citizens<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">&#8216; <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Rights\/ Jordan <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Hammurabi Organization for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\">Monitoring<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Human Rights and Democracy \/ Iraq <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Kurdish Committee<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for Human Rights<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in Syria<\/span> <span class=\"hpsatn\">(<\/span>observer)<span class=\"hps\"> \/ <\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Syria<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">National Organization for Human<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Rights in Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Human Rights Organization<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">in Syria<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">\u2013<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">MAF \/ <\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Syria<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">The Arab Organization for<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Human Rights in Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Kurdish Organization for the<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Defense of Human Rights<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and Public Freedoms in<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Syria<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> <\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span class=\"hps\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>) <\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\">DAD<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span class=\"hps\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>( <\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"shorttext\">Syrian League for the Defense of Human Rights \/ <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">Syria<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Amman<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Forum<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Society<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for Human Rights \/ Jordan <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">The Arab Organization for<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Human Rights in Jordan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">platform<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for NGOs (SPNGO ) \/ Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian Kurdish<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Centre<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Documentation \/ Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian Coalition<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Against the Death Penalty (SCODP) \/ Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">National Coordination<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for the Defense of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">missing in Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Jurists<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">League<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">transitional<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">justice<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">rule<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">law\/ Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">League<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Freedom<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">and fairness \/ Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Ibella<\/span><span 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Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">National<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Center<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for the Study of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Tolerance<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Anti<\/span><span class=\"atn\">&#8211;<\/span>Violence <span class=\"hps\">in Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Defend<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">prisoners<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">conscience<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Syria<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">\u2013<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Rwankh<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Center<\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for Human Rights<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/<\/span><span class=\"shorttext\"> <\/span><span class=\"hps\">Syria<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">The Palestinian Society for<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Human Rights<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">(Monitor<\/span>) <span class=\"hps\">\/<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Lebanon<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Bahraini<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Observatory<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Human<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Rights \/<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Bahrain<\/span><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Human Rights Monitoring Center\/Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span 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style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Al-Lualuaa Society for Human Rights\/Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Arab Society for Academics Freedom<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Arab Network for Human Rights Trainers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Arab Women Organization\/Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Jordan Coalition Against the DP. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"shorttext\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">El- Nadim Center for the Management and Rehabilitation of victims of violence <\/span><\/span><span class=\"shorttext\">\/ Egypt<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Jordan Network for Human Rights Trainers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Human Forum for women\u2019s Rights\/Jordan <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Mauritanian Club for intellectuals for Democracy and Development<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"hps\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><span class=\"hps\">Syrian<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> Center<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> for Civil society and Human Rights Studies.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> <br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><sub><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Damascus<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">: 29 \\ 4 \\ 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organizations, bodies, and centers for the defense of human rights in Syria and the Arab world received, with deep concern and indignation and condemnation, the news of the unidentified gunmen abducting both national religious figures, near the city of Aleppo, on 22\/04\/2013,: \u2022 Metropolitan of Aleppo, Iskenderun and surroundings for Rome Orthodox Bishop Polis 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