Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Rania Khalek conducted this very informative interview for Breakthrough News on November 17. She talks with Alena Douhan about her recent trip to Syria and her observations of the effect of the U.S.’ so called ‘Caesar Sanctions’ on the Syrian people and the Syrian Arab Republic as a nation. These Unilateral Coercive Measures are devastating for ordinary Syrians who just survived 10 years of a war against terrorists recruited, armed and funded by the United States and their allies. They are a continuation of a U.S. war on Syria, not a step down from war, and not direct leverage on members of the Syrian government.
If you are moved by this information, please reach out to your representatives in Congress and the Senate. You can also Sign the petition below:
Scholars, UN experts, humanitarian organizations agree: the sanctions on Syria are harming the Syrian people, while doing nothing to promote human rights.
Syria’s currency has collapsed. Over 90% of Syrians are in poverty. This year may bring starvation. This is collective punishment, and it is wrong.
On January 21st, over 90 academics, human rights activists, diplomats, politicians and religious leaders wrote to President Biden, Prime Minister Johnson, and President Macron with a simple message: Stop Economic Sanctions on Syria.
Now, it’s your turn. Sign the petition to ask our leaders to end economic sanctions on the Syrian people.
*** Sign the petition
To U.S. President Joe Biden, and the leaders of all other countries which have imposed unilateral economic sanctions on Syria:
On 21 January 2021, over 90 prominent figures addressed an open letter to you, asking you to lift sanctions on Syria. We add our voice to theirs. The present economic sanctions on Syria block access to vital goods, prevent reconstruction, and are contributing to an unprecedented collapse of Syria’s economy and healthcare system. They are killing and impoverishing Syrian civilians, and constitute collective punishment of Syria’s innocent civilian population. We ask you to remove, without condition, those sanctions which harm Syria’s general population.
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Boris Johnson, Prime Minister -
Emmanuel MacronPrésident de la République française. -
Angela Merkel (CDU)Kanzlerin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland -
Guy Parmelin -
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Presidente della Turchia -
Yoshihide Suga -
Erna Solberg -
Scott Morrison, Federal Member for Cook -
Arab league -
European Commission
