Sunjeev Bery

Category: Syria

  • Testimony: Syria After 5 Years

    Testimony: Syria After 5 Years

    How can we put human rights on the agenda for Syrian peace talks? My briefing on Capitol Hill. 7 min audio.

  • 9 Questions for the U.S. Government on the Middle East:

    Saudi Arabia:  U.S. intelligence cooperation Is the U.S. providing intelligence to the Government of Saudi Arabia that can be used by Saudi Arabian authorities to violate the human rights of peaceful reformers and critics? Saudi Arabia:  Prisoners of Conscience What steps is the U.S. government taking to secure the release of prisoners of conscience like…

  • U.S. Senate Committee passes humanitarian aid resolution on Syria

    Notes on U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 Time: 02:15 PM Location: S-116 Capitol Building Attended / compiled by Anna McMahon, Intern, Middle East/North Africa Advocacy Department, Amnesty International USA U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Presiding: Senator Menendez Summary: Unanimous passage of Resolution 384 from Committee. Resolution 384:…

  • My Comments to The Atlantic Monthly: On War Crimes in Syria

    The Atlantic Monthly: “Are Women Being Targeted in Syria?” Lauren Wolfe | Monday, December 10, 2012 “When Syrian armed forces have used indiscriminate air bombardment or artillery to attack civilian areas, these are war crimes,” said Sunjeev Bery, Amnesty International USA’s advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa. Full article here.

  • Syrian cyberwar rages on — ForeignPolicy.com

    By Sulome Anderson | Foreign Policy Monday, September 10, 2012 … Also in August, Amnesty International’s blog Livewire was targeted by another pro-Assad hacker group that accused the rebel army of committing massacres that have been linked to government forces. The attack, which was not claimed by any specific group of hackers, included a false…

  • WaPo: “Amnesty International Web site hacked by supporters of Syrian government”

    By James Ball Washington Post Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Excerpt: “Amnesty International has been very blunt in the reporting that we’ve done and the eyewitness accounts that we’ve collected in Syria,” said Sanjeev Bery, Amnesty International USA’s advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa. “It’s entirely possible that, given that we’ve been so…