Damascus Slams ‘Israeli’ Violation of Syrians’ Rights in Occupied Golan

By Staff, Agencies

Syria denounced the Zionist entity’s "systematic" violations of human rights of Syrians in the Arab country's occupied Golan Heights, warning against the expansion of ‘Israeli’ occupation settlement activities there.

The country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Hussam al-Din Ala made the warning on Friday in a letter to the head of the UN Special Committee to Investigate ‘Israeli’ Practices Affecting Human Rights of Palestinian People and Other Arabs of Occupied Territories.

Ala also demanded that the UN and the international community pay more attention to the dire situation of the human rights in the ‘Israeli’-occupied Golan Heights, calling for more international condemnation of violations committed by the Tel Aviv regime against the Syrian citizens of the ‘Israeli’-occupied region.

The Syrian ambassador also referred to reports by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the head of the International Labor Organization that have confirmed the discriminatory practices and unfair restrictions imposed by ‘Israel’ on Syrians in the occupied Golan Heights.

The Zionist occupation regime seized the Golan Heights from Syria after the 1967 Six-Day War and later occupied it in a move that has never been recognized by the international community. However, in a highly provocative move on March 25 last year US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognizing the apartheid regime’s "sovereignty" over the Syrian territory.

Damascus strongly condemned the move and called it a "blatant attack on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity."