The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) condemned the actions of destruction and deformation perpetrated against properties belonging to opponents who are members of the Damascus Declaration, with the aim of intimidating and horrifying them. SHRC’s media speaker declared that “destroying the stocks in the painting house of Talal Abu-Dan, smashing the cars of Sameer Nashaar, Ibrahim Malaky and the van of Mohammed Haj Darwish are outlawed actions carried out by agents of the Syrian intelligence who should be arrested and punished”.
The speaker questioned whether the mission of the Syrian intelligence service (which is paid by the national income and tax payers) is to commit attacks and aggressions against citizens and their properties?! He also demanded that all security forces, police, intelligence and order keeping forces should be committed to the law and keeping citizens and their properties safe. They should completely stop practising open and covered roles in terrifying citizens and turning their properties in wreckage to punish them and carrying reprisal assaults against their properties”.
Concluding his comment, he demanded the official authorities to bring the culprits of these outlawed actions, whether commanders or executers to just trials, to fire them from the intelligence service, and to offer apology to the concerned victims and duly compensate them.

Background
The northern city of Aleppo awoke on Monday 21/1/2008 to four awful incidents: 
The plastic painter Talal Abu-Dan’s painting place was attacked and all stocks were destroyed. Mr Abu-Dan (D.O.B: 1953), from Aleppo, is an ex-prisoner.  He was imprisoned for ten years on the charge of the Communist party (Democratic people party). He is married and has three children.
The van of Mr Mohammed Haj Darwish was smashed in front of his house. Mr. Haj Darwish (D.O.B: 1960) from Idlib is resident of Aleppo. He is a graduate of Chemistry and a member of the Human Rights Society in Syria, is among the founding members of the civil revival society and a member of Damascus Declaration. He has been under arrest since 7/1/2008. He is married and has three children.
The Car of Mr Sameer al-Nashaar was completely smashed and deformed. Mr Nashaar (D.O.B: 1945) from Aleppo, is a graduate in Economics and Trade, among the founders of al-Kawakibi in Aleppo and a member of the secretariat general of Damascus Declaration. He is married and has three children. He was arrested on 10/12/2007 but was released two days later.
The Car of lawyer Ibrahim al-Malaky was partially smashed. He (D.O.B: 1955) is married and has four children and is an ex-detainee on the charge of the Communist party (Democratic people party).
Syrian Human Rights Committee
22/1/2008