Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Of course, the first need here for the White Helmets to continue their work is for the support to continue. Without this support, we cannot give our work to the people. We cannot go on with our firefighting missions and civil defence. We help people in the communities to relocat

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I will talk first about the funds given by Canada, and after that I will talk about other donations coming to the White Helmets from other friends. The Canadian money has been used to make places for women in the White Helmets, and also to increase the number of women volunteeri

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The people in northern Idlib, whether Alawites, Christians, Sunnis, or Shias, are people. They're Syrians. They did not revolt because of their sect; the revolution was against the regime that deprives them of democracy. Large numbers of the community and society, irrespective of

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I have an addition when it comes to sexual violence in Syria. Most of such cases against women in Syria are done inside the detention centres that are run by the Assad regime. There are so many witnesses to this. There are so many women who were detained. Now they're free, and th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are many instances of pregnancies inside detention centres, because of sexual abuse and systematic rape.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, the White Helmets have reports and documents of all the operations that take place inside Syria targeting schools, hospitals, and markets, as well as civil defence centres. They have full reports along with pictures. They are available, and the White Helmets and civil defenc

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, frankly speaking, if we look at this propaganda, we see a lot of contradiction in what they say and in the accusations that are filed against the White Helmets. They contradict each other. Sometimes we are AQ-linked. Sometimes we are the medical arm of al Qaeda, or we are a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Regarding co-operation with other parties, of course, civil defence is fully independent. It doesn't follow any other political or military organization. However, there should be some kind of co-operation and coordination. Those military personnel and military regiments are distr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are different parties on the ground. Civil defence is very independent. This is a very good aspect, because we can do our work without being involved with any political party or military organization. We coordinate in order to reach some places. There are some facilities

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I will answer this question. Due to the active hostilities in these areas like Homs, north Idlib, and Daraa, some of the people who lived in those areas had to be displaced to neighbouring countries. More than four million people are located inside Turkey, 1.5 million in Jordan,

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In different locations, cluster bombs have been used, and we have marked the areas that were targeted by those weapons. We have a full detailed report about this situation. Of course, I don't have enough time to talk about all those details in this session. However, we know exact

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  My name is Munier Mustafa. I live in Idlib north. I'll be talking about two crimes that have taken place against the Syrian people. The first one is the use by the regime of weapons that are prohibited internationally, like the cluster munitions that were used several times in s