Syrian Citizens File Lawsuit against al-Jazeera TV Channel

Syrian citizens gathered in front of the Justice Palace, filing a lawsuit against al-Jazeera satellite channel for its fabrications and incitement against Syria, which resulted in the martyrdom of civilians and army members.

Head of the coordination committee between the popular campaign for collecting the complainants’ signatures and the Syrian Bar Association, Lawyer Ammar Bilal, said the campaign aims at holding these channels accountable for their participation in the killing of large numbers of citizens through reporting misleading information and sowing sedition.

He added that al-Jazeera TV will be prosecuted through the channel’s office in Syria while the prosecution of the channels outside Syria will be through a legal committee formed for this purpose.

One of the organizers Mohammad Sameh as-Sallakh said the campaign was launched by a youth group through social networking sites over 3 months, adding that more than 1500 signatures were collected since the morning.
Ahmad Zuhair al-Rifai, a participant, told the Syrian TV “Friends of mine told me that al-Jazeera broadcast news about me getting killed by the security forces in Jubar. I was taken aback by the false news, and wished al-Jazeera would stop broadcasting false news.”

The conduct of the biased channels pushed the Syrian youths to organize a campaign titled “I am Syrian…I want to Sue al-Jazeera.”

Omar Abdul-Latif, son of martyr Lieutenant Colonel Mazen Abdul-Latif, said “My father was martyred by armed men at Qadam neighborhood. I came here to file a lawsuit against al-Jazeera, and I’m sure that the Channel is a prime motive behind the martyrdom of my father.”

Lawyer Ammar Bilal said that the campaign brought together some Syrian citizens, including lawyers and engineers, adding that the number of participants on the Facebook page which called for a public lawsuit filed by citizens to express the pain and damage inflicted on them because of the Channel’s incitement campaigns against Syria.