Sudanese Researcher: Mutilation of Security Forces member’s body is flagran violation of human rights

Sudanese activist and researcher Nimat Koko, who specializes in development issues, alternative policies, and gender studies, stated that the crimes committed against the residents of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo, including the crime of mutilating the body of a member of the Internal Security Forces, constitute a flagrant violation of human rights. She said these crimes expose the duality of the political and religious discourse adopted by the mercenaries of the interim government in Syria.

The researcher pointed out that any discussion of a transitional phase or political legitimacy for the interim government in Syria must, first and foremost, be based on respect for citizens’ fundamental rights and the guarantee of full equality among all national and religious components.

She emphasized that the discourse of the interim government’s mercenaries, which exploits religion to justify physical liquidation, fundamentally contradicts humanitarian principles and undermines the foundations of a just civil state they claim to be “seeking to build.”

In a related context, the activist stressed that the ethical and professional role of the media should serve as a barrier against scenes of violence and killing by confronting them politically and legally.

She explained that displaying such scenes without placing them within a clear framework of condemnation based on international conventions does not serve the truth, but rather contributes to promoting a state of moral and political degradation that legitimizes crime instead of exposing it.

She also warned of the dangers of using “political killing” under a religious cover, stressing that religion is innocent of these criminal practices aimed at intimidating society and excluding other components. She called on all international parties and supporters of these mercenaries to assume their responsibilities, confront these violations by holding perpetrators legally and human-rights accountable, and prevent distorted political discourse from using religion to grant false legitimacy to war crimes.

Koko, concluded by affirming that the crimes committed by the interim government’s mercenaries against women in particular reflect the fragility of commitments to human rights.

She stressed that justice and citizenship must be the fundamental pillars of any future change, away from policies of domination by weapons and radical rhetoric that shed Syrian blood under false pretexts, especially narratives of religion and politics under which crimes and violations against humanity in general, and women in particular, are committed.

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ANHA