This weekend’s Arab League summit will embolden the regime to continue its crimes, including the forced disappearances of hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrians
in 2011, my father changed. He was very calm. He told me: “I had hoped my whole life that this would happen, but I never thought I would witness it. Even if I don’t get to see victory for the Syrian people, it is enough for me that I have been there at the beginning.”It has been 3,608 days since my father, Ali, an outspoken critic of the regime and supporter of the Syrian revolution, was
But much more than the splitting of our family, our eternal heartache is the loss of our father. The feeling of not knowing what happened to him is unbearable. It’s like experiencing a form of death. We have taken every possible action to locate him, from hiring lawyers to utilising any – every – connection available to us. We have been met with a deafening silence.154,000
I see our experiences as a tale of communal heartbreak, shared by all Syrians. It is difficult to imagine a family in Syria that hasn’t experienced a loved one being forcibly detained, kidnapped, or simply vanished without a trace. It doesn’t matter to me whether these individuals were supporters or opponents of the revolution; my advocacy is for the freedom of all.
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