On the Human Rights Watch Statement Regarding Syrians Fleeing from Lebanon to Syria
Human Rights Watch released a serious report today, October 30, 2024, titled “Syrians Fleeing Lebanon at Risk of Repression upon Return,” confirming that Syrians returning to their homeland to escape the escalation in Lebanon face risks of repression, enforced disappearance, torture, and even death in detention by Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Future Movement thanks human rights organizations for highlighting the suffering of innocents at the hands of oppressive, corrupt authorities and emphasizes the importance of supporting these organizations in every way possible, as they act as a protective gate for human rights against authoritarian media that denies the existence of abuses and injustices.
The Syrian Future Movement calls for the implementation of Human Rights Watch’s recommendations regarding the forced return of Syrians to Syria, whether from Lebanon or any other host countries.
The Syrian Future Movement condemns the continued use of security policies by the Syrian regime and demands that all security agencies cease targeting Syrian citizens.
The Syrian Future Movement calls for the prosecution of all officers and personnel from Syrian security branches, bringing them to justice in all relevant courts, both present and future, and preventing charges from being dropped due to the statute of limitations.
The Syrian Future Movement stresses the dangers of forced returns to Syria while the Syrian regime remains in power, with its security apparatus continuing to pursue its citizens and fabricating security files against them.
The Syrian Future Movement condemns the Syrian regime’s continued practice of labeling all opponents of Bashar al-Assad as extremist terrorists, considering this one of the reasons pushing youth into extremist groups.
The Syrian Future Movement emphasizes the need to hold accountable any official who seeks to forcibly return Syrians to Syria, viewing this as complicit in Syrian bloodshed and supportive of Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian Future Movement urges all Arab countries seeking to normalize relations with the Syrian regime to work toward changing its security mentality and removing the dominance of its intelligence branches over Syrians, as this remains the primary obstacle to Syrians returning to their homeland.
The Syrian Future Movement sees the continued arrest of Syrians and the creation of fabricated security files against them by the regime as a deliberate effort by the Syrian regime to expel the Syrian people and prevent them from living in their land, aiming for demographic changes sought by some dark forces in the region.
The Syrian Future Movement calls for the protection of Syrians in Lebanon who are caught in a situation where they cannot leave Lebanon or return to their homeland.
The Syrian Future Movement holds the international community responsible for the security and safety of Syrians in host countries and demands steps be taken to prevent anything that would undermine the importance of what Syrians face when returning to Syria.
The Syrian Future Movement sees no solution other than a comprehensive political resolution in Syria and the implementation of relevant international decisions on political transition to enable the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.