Syria - The Revolution

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But even after this, I couldn’t stay away from the demonstrations. I had to be brave, for my dignity, for my country and for my freedom. Our demonstrations and slogans threatened the dictatorship. Our courage was dangerous for the regime. They tried to build the prison of fear within us again, but now we were alive, our hearts was strong and nothing could make us go back to silence. Shortly after, the military began shooting us. One by one, people fell in the demonstrations and their hearts stopped beating. People died by the hundreds. Soon thousands. It was after this the opposition started to use weapons do defend the people in the demonstrations. It is important to remember this. The revolution in Syria was peaceful for a very long time and the people who got killed in the demonstrations were unarmed. But the silence of the international community and the brutality of this regime forced the opposition to take up arms. Assad’s forces have continued to kill us since then. And they still focus on killing us who don’t bear arms. Every day the helicopters fly over our houses where we civilians live. Where the schools and hospitals and markets are located. They are dropping barrels filled with explosives and sharp metal pieces aimed to kill and hurt as many people as possible. And they try to stop food, water and medicines to reach us. Despite all this, it is better to live in the liberated parts than in the regime areas. For in the liberated areas, we have the freedom to express ourselves and put words to our thoughts and opinions. We can discuss freely. We are alive inside, because we lived in fear for so many years and now we have to throw away this fear. If we become afraid and silent again, the regime has won. I think that the European people should learn more about Syria and Assad’s dictatorship. To understand what happens and what our struggle is. Not long ago, Europe struggled against dictatorships and fascists who used to burn books and use terror to control people’s thoughts. Now we in Syria are fighting for the same freedom as Europe did 60 years ago. I hope that this book can help people outside Syria to understand us, and support us in our revolution. Malek Tarboush, Photo journalist in Aleppo *”Shabeha” are criminal gangs paid by the regime of al-Assad and the Ba’ath Party to kill, torture and spread fear among civilians in Syria.” 6
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, at least 61 journalists have been killed during the war in Syria. CPJs figures only cover those journalists who died during journalistic work, in targeted attacks and where the cause of death can be authenticated. Syrian Journalist Association has listed all the journalists killed during the civil war. Their numbers at the end of Mars 2016 was 358. According to Reporters Without Borders, 78 per cent of the journalists killed in Syria were citizen journalists. Citizens who started to document what they saw, and had to send their reports to the world outside syria, in the lack of international media on the ground. 7
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