By Rachid Moukhabir
By Rachid Moukhabir
Boston – Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday, May 01, 2016, to protest the mass killing of Syrian civilians in Aleppo by Russian and pro-Assad government forces.
Comprising of people from different religious and cultural backgrounds, including Moroccans, this protest is part of a series of demonstrations that are taking place all over the world.
Most of the participants clothe themselves in red colors to symbolize bloodshed in Syria, where they say both pro-Assad and Russian military forces have committed crimes against humanity.
According to local sources within Syria, airstrikes have been hitting hospitals, clinics, residential buildings and mosques in Aleppo, and human rights activists in the city estimate that at least 250 civilians – including women and children – have been killed since violence between government forces and rebels spiked on April 22.
“The past week was the worst since the beginning of the war in Syria,” Hamid Hassan, a Syrian American social activist, said.
Social media outlets have been flooded with bloody pictures from the scenes of these airstrikes, as well as statements condemning the atrocities against civilians in Syria. Many Facebook and Twitter users have turned their profile pictures red and written “#AleppoIsBurning” on their statuses to shed light on the violence that has been taking place in Syria over the last 5 years.
The pictures and videos that have seen on the news are very moving, and time has come to condemn the dictator, Bashar Al-Assad, for war crimes and massacres against his own people. Furthermore, I believe that world leaders should be acting immediately to stop this massive genocide, which some of the greatest nations in the world have accidentally caused while trying to promote democracy in the region.
Edited by Robert Allen
