"No one's left"
Subtitle: summary executions by Syrian forces in al-Bayda and Baniyas
By: [by Nadim Houry and Lama Fakih]
Contributors: Fakih, Lama, author; Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781623130480
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Extrajudicial executions; Human rights; Political violence
Other titles: Summary executions by Syrian forces in al-Bayda and Baniyas; Syria :
Description: "In the morning of May 2, 2013, Syrian government forces and pro-government militias clashed with opposition fighters in the town of al-Bayda, a village of about 7,000 residents ten kilometers from the coastal city of Baniyas. Around 1 p.m., the local opposition fighters retreated and pro-government forces entered the village and proceeded to search the houses. Over the next three hours, a familiar pattern repeated itself in most parts of al-Bayda: government and pro-government forces entered homes, separated men from women, rounded up the men of each neighborhood in one spot, and executed them by shooting them at close range. The next day, in a pattern closely resembling events in al-Bayda, witnesses told Human Rights Watch that after storming Ras al-Nabe`, a neighborhood in Baniyas, government forces and pro-government militias executed dozens of residents. Working with survivors, residents, and local activists, Human Rights Watch compiled a list of 248 individuals killed during the two days in the two towns. Based on witness accounts and video evidence reviewed, Human Rights Watch determined that the overwhelming majority were executed after the end of the military clashes in the villages and opposition fighters had retreated, making the killings in al-Bayda and Ras al-Nabe` one of the deadliest instances of mass executions in Syria's increasingly bloody conflict. Human Rights Watch called on the UN Security Council to ensure accountability for these crimes by referring the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court and demanding that Syria cooperate fully with the UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry, including by giving it unrestricted access to al-Bayda and Baniyas" --P. [4] of cover.
Notes: "September 2013"--Table of contents page.

"This report was researched and written by Nadim Houry, deputy director in the Middle East & North Africa division, and Lama Fakih, Syria and Lebanon researcher"--P. 63.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online via the Human Rights Watch Web site.
Table of contents: title: Maps; title: Summary; title: Recommendations. To the UN Security Council ; To the Syrian government ; To all countries; title: Methodology; title: I. Background : Al-Bayda and Baniyas; title: II. Killings in al-Bayda. The trigger : security raid ambushed, firefight erupts ; Tense waiting for the local population ; Executions in al-Bayda ; Execution of members of Suweid family and neighbors ; Execution of members of Bayasi family and neighbors ; Execution of members of al-Shughari family and neighbors ; Executions and burning of corpses in main square ; Allegations of transfer and execution in neighboring villages ; A contested execution: the killing of Sheikh Omar al-Bayasi, his wife, and his son; title: III. The aftermath : hasty escape, looting and burning; title: IV. Killings in Ras al-Nabe`, Baniyas. Executions in Ras al-Nabe` ; Execution of members of the Suleiman, Taha, and Skeif families ; Execution of members of the Jalloul family ; Execution of members of the Rajab family ; Execution of other families in Ras al-Nabe`; title: V. The perpetrators; title: VI. Government denials; title: Acknowledgements; title: Annex 1. Identified victims in al-Bayda; title: Annex 2. Identified victims in Ras al-Nabe`.