SHRN appeals to UNICEF to decry terrorists’ crimes against children in Syria

DAMASCUS, (ST) – The Syrian Human Rights Network called on Tuesday for denouncing the armed terrorist groups’ savage acts against Syria’s children, stressing that these act have been documented.

SANA reported that the network appealed to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to decry the crimes, acts of violence and violations being committed by the armed terrorist groups against children in Syria.

In its statement, the network appealed to the UNICEF to do its duty towards children inside Syria and abroad in terms of what they are exposed to by the mercenary gangs backed by countries,which are known for their support of terrorism in the region and the world as well.

It condemned the armed terrorist groups’exploitation of children in their crimes, stressing that the network has documented the armed groups’ violations and crimes against children.

The network underscoredthatthese acts have to be come under fire from the UNICEF as its mission is to care for children’s rights and protect them, warning that the UNICEF ignorance of these acts means its participation in bring up a generation that have got used to the culture of murder and terrorism. 

It described the UNICEF double-standard policy towards these violations as a “flagrant breach” of the children rights that the organization claimsto be one of its top priorities and principles.

In this context, the network said:”The visit of UNICEF goodwill ambassador, Angelina Jolie, to the ‘ al-Zaatari’ camp in Jordan and ignoring the displaced families inside Syria proves the organization’s double standards policy.”

It called on the UNICEF ambassador to visit displaced families and children and inspect their situation in Syria so that her work and donation will not be in the framework of fomenting sedition and conspiring against Syria, the thing which violates the organization’s goals.

On the other hand, the network criticized silence of international and human rights organizations towards crimes being perpetrated against children, particularly targeting schools by the terrorists’ mortars.

Basma Qaddour