New Allegations of Torture of Children in Syria

Torture of children new allegations in SyriaActivists say second Syrian teenager has been tortured and Mohammed to the Sharey killedTamer, 15, disappeared in a demonstrationTamer from the same village as Ali Hamza al - Khateeb

A teenager second Syrian been returned to their parents - lifeless, battered and, according to activists, victim of torture.

A video released Thursday by activists include a woman moaning as a body is no wrap at the hospital of Daraa.

"My son is my son", he cries out the voice. "This scar here, I swear my son, stitched this Court him when he was small."

The child was identified as Tamer Mohammed to the Sharey, 15, who disappeared after a demonstration on April 29.

It was the same village as Ali Hamza al - Khateeb, 13. Murder of Hamza has enraged, mobilized and emboldened movement of opposition in the country. Tamer was in the same demonstration that was attended by Hamza, according to activists.

Body of the Tamer was one of 14, the other children, who came to the hospital included.
In the video, voices curse Syrian President, Bashar al - Assad. As several men cleaning narrow frame of the Tamer, a bullet below the knee is clearly visible.

As the camera in the head moves, a voice says, "look at the signs of torture".

The face of the teenager appears dark and discoloration. An activist of Daraa said of marks on the body of the child. He said that he believes that he was tortured Tamer, possibly electrocuted.

Children led the funeral procession of Tamer carrying banners reading, "Tamer alive... detained martyr... martyred then torture."

Independent CNN cannot verify what has happened to Hamza or Tamer, or verify the authenticity of videos allegedly showing his remains.

In a video posted on YouTube, the Narrator notes visible gunshots wounds to the torso of Ali Hamza al - Khateeb. His head is swollen and purple, and the voice says that the genitals of the teenager were mutilated.
Family members say that Hamza got separated from his father in the chaos during demonstrations around Daraa, when demonstrators marched in the city to break the Syrian military siege and force the delivery of important supplies, such as medicine and milk for babies.

Eyewitnesses at the time said that security forces indiscriminately opened fire on the demonstrators. Dozens were killed and injured, many other detainees, including children.

Several weeks ago, the family received the body of Hamza.

Razan Zaitouneh, a prominent activist in hiding in Syria that CNN via Skype, said she has no doubt that the Hamza YouTube video is real. And she believes that the regime had a message to free the body of the child.

"They want people to see this, they want people to be afraid," Zaitouneh, said. "They want people to know that no red line and why barbarity, anything could happen to members of his family if they continue to participate in this revolution there is."

Syrian State TV recently had a segment in which a person identified as the coroner in the case said that the body they were wounded when Hamza was alive, but there was no evidence on the surface of the body that the child subjected to torture, violence or reprisals.

Syria TV also said al - Assad met with members of the family of Hamza. Salma Abdul Aziz contributed to this report from CNN
 
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