![]() ![]() “All those involved in the fighting at Guweiran prison have a responsibility to protect these children from harm, and we urge them to take all possible steps immediately to ensure that these children can leave in safety. Reports that children have been killed or injured are tragic and outrageous. Sonia Khush, Save the Children’s Syria Response Director, said: “ What we are hearing from Guweiran prison is deeply distressing. Save the Children cannot independently confirm these claims, but ISIS-affiliated fighters have used children as human shields in previous years. The SDF stated that the children were being used as human shields and said yesterday that the responsibility for the children’s lives lay solely with the fighters inside the prison. ![]() Violence has been ongoing, with reports of multiple casualties, although the extent of these remains unconfirmed.Īudio testimony received by Save the Children and other groups indicated that there have already been multiple child deaths and casualties. ![]() About 700 boys had been detained in Guweiran before the latest violence erupted, many for almost three years after they were held following the capture of Baghouz from ISIS in 2019.įighting broke out on Thursday 20 January after a vehicle was detonated at the prison perimeter in an attempted jailbreak. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said yesterday that they would not be able to take responsibility for children trapped, as fighting continued in and around the prison. AMMAN, 24 January 2021 - Save the Children today called for the immediate evacuation of children from Guweiran prison in Hasakeh city, North East Syria, following five days of intense fighting and the emergence of audio footage of a boy begging for help, reportedly from inside. ![]()
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