DEARBORN, Michigan – A statement released by the AHRC Thursday said: “The American Human Rights Council (AHRC) joins the human rights groups and partners in calling upon the United Nations and its member states to ensure the safety and the well-being of the Syrian civilian population while addressing the Syrian crisis during the current United Nation session. AHRC demands that the primary focus and the focal issue of interest and concern to the world should be helping secure and ensure the safety of the civilians who have been the chief victims of this ongoing conflict in Syria for the past 3 years.”
Imad Hamad – AHRC Acting Director (and former Regional Director for Public Affairs of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)) – file photo from May 2011
The statement continued:
“AHRC calls upon all the parties involved in this conflict to respect international law and in particular the human rights of all noncombatants. Targeting schools, hospitals, shelters and other civilian infrastructure is a blatant violation of human rights and increases the suffering of the civilians who are often caught in the middle. AHRC joins the human rights community in the USA and globally in demanding immediate increase in humanitarian aid to the Syrian people. The growing number of displaced Syrians leaving for neighboring states, the massive destruction, the increasing death toll and the large number of injured people pose a tremendous crisis, one of the most concerning these days. Syria has been a battlefield for several fighting groups causing a true tragic and multifaceted crisis with the Syrian people its primary and chief victim.”
“The Syrian crisis is a true human tragedy” said Imad Hamad, AHRC Acting Director. “it is the whole world’s responsibility to ensure the safety of the Syrian civilians and lend them the much needed help to ease this suffering. The crisis is extraordinary and it truly needs an extraordinary intervention,” continued Hamad.
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About The American Human Rights Council (AHRC)
The AHRC mandate states, “We will provide advocacy and other related services wherever the restoration of human rights is essential to peoples’ well-being. The AHRC will work to ensure that the rights of prisoners, and their families, are recognized and defended. Although AHRC will primarily focus on the United States, it will work in conjunction with any organization which can help us achieve our mission of protecting human rights around the world, regardless of geographical or other boundaries.”
The AHRC office is located at 13530 Michigan Avenue, Suite 332, Dearborn, Michigan 48126. The AHRC website is www.AHRCUSA.org. The contact email is [email protected].