Published : 06-06-2022
Chief-editor of Zaman Al Wasl newspaper Fathi Ibrahim Fayad has called upon Amsterdam University to release the 26 footages which it had received of the Tadamun massacre, in Damascus.
This comes shortly after the two main researchers in the team to uncover the massacre in the al-Tadamon neighbourhood of Damascus, Ansar Shahoud, and Professor Ugur Ungor, issued a statement to the families of the massacre victims about the mechanism for identifying the victims.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the researchers called on the families of the victims of the April 16th, 2013 massacre, who identified their relatives, to submit a report containing all information about the victims to the German International Police Agency specialized in war crimes (BKA).
According to the statement, the German International Police will take over the process of identifying victims, taking into account the scientific and professional conditions, as a priority, a humanitarian necessity, and a step towards justice.
Bayoud said families should gain access to the footages in order to identify the victims. He also stressed the need to identify the man who filmed the massacre.
He said the University of Amsterdam should have rather published the victims’ photos and videos documenting their murder, saying victims’ families and the judiciary should gain free access to such materials.
The calls coincide with news that the Syrian regime has detained the main perpetrator of the massacre. In a statement published on May 30, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said: “The Syrian regime is detaining the criminal Amjad Youssef, who executed dozens of Syrians and raped dozens of women in the Tadamon neighbourhood of Damascus.”
Chief-editor of Zaman Al Wasl newspaper Fathi Ibrahim Fayad has called upon Amsterdam University to release the 26 footages which it had received of the Tadamun massacre, in Damascus.
This comes shortly after the two main researchers in the team to uncover the massacre in the al-Tadamon neighbourhood of Damascus, Ansar Shahoud, and Professor Ugur Ungor, issued a statement to the families of the massacre victims about the mechanism for identifying the victims.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the researchers called on the families of the victims of the April 16th, 2013 massacre, who identified their relatives, to submit a report containing all information about the victims to the German International Police Agency specialized in war crimes (BKA).
According to the statement, the German International Police will take over the process of identifying victims, taking into account the scientific and professional conditions, as a priority, a humanitarian necessity, and a step towards justice.
Bayoud said families should gain access to the footages in order to identify the victims. He also stressed the need to identify the man who filmed the massacre.
He said the University of Amsterdam should have rather published the victims’ photos and videos documenting their murder, saying victims’ families and the judiciary should gain free access to such materials.
The calls coincide with news that the Syrian regime has detained the main perpetrator of the massacre. In a statement published on May 30, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said: “The Syrian regime is detaining the criminal Amjad Youssef, who executed dozens of Syrians and raped dozens of women in the Tadamon neighbourhood of Damascus.”
