Preparations are underway by the “National Rescue Government” to release hundreds of prisoners and detainees on various charges from the prisons of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by reliable sources that the “National Rescue Government” is preparing for the release of more than 300 prisoners and detainees from prisons of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, where the will be released by the Ministry of Justice of the National Rescue Government, and reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the release will include detainees due to criminal reasons, and those who were arrested during the conflict and clashes between the factions operating in Idlib in the Syrian north, and information that that more prisoners will be released in accordance with the statement issued by the Ministry of Justice of the Rescue Government, of which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received a copy, it stated:
“Based on the provisions of the Islamic Sharia and the requirements of the public interest, the following have been determined:
Article 1: Granting a general amnesty for perpetrators of all offences (criminal and security), prisoners and convicts of public rights, provided that they have spent more than 2 months of their sentence after obtaining a document of good conduct and behavior, as follows:
- A quarter of the prison sentence shall be reduced if it is less than 6 months
- One third of the sentence of the prison sentence shall be reduced if it is between than 6 months to the year.
- Half of the sentence of the prison sentence shall be reduced if it is longer than 1 year.
- A quarter of all financial penalties shall be reduced.
- Persons who have reached the age of 60 and who are terminally ill are exempted from the entire sentence of the prison sentence.
Article 2: The provisions of this Decree shall apply to all crimes and offences occurred prior to the date of this decision, and shall include detainees, inmates and prisoners who are in the process of trial.
Article 3: The fugitives from the face of the judiciary can benefit from the provisions of this amnesty decree, provided that they handover themselves within 30 days of the issuance of this decision.
Article 4: In order to benefit from the provisions of the amnesty decree; there should be no personal lawsuit.
Article 5: the provisions of this decree exclude border crimes, retribution and drug trafficking.
Article 6: the Attorney-General shall be informed of this decision and that he shall proceed with its application, interpret its provisions and examine the cases of those covered by the amnesty, and the Attorney-General shall therefore delegate assets for that in accordance to the law.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 13th of December 2017 that a tension prevails Idlib Province and the Syrian north between the “Syrian Interim Government” and the “National Rescue Government”, after a warning by the last government to the interim government, that its headquarters and offices should be vacated and left within a maximum of 72 hours, while the cautious anticipation prevails the area anticipating the developments of the situation between both of them, where on Thursday the 2nd of November 2017; the procedure of forming the “National Rescue Government” are completed by approving the ministers selected to receive their duties in the Government by the head of Government Dr. Mohammed al-Sheikh, and this Government will administer the areas controlled by the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in Idlib Province, the western and southern countryside of Aleppo, the northern and northeastern countryside of Hama, and the northern countryside of Latakia, provided that all official institutions and circles will be attached to this Government.
Reliable sources in the Government confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Government has no relation with Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, on the contrary; it has emerged as a powerful authority within the areas controlled by the factions, despite the presence of the Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham which controls vast portions of Idlib Province, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Saturday the 7th of October 2017 that a meeting took place at Bab-Hawa border crossing between Idlib province and the Iskenderun, the meeting was organized by Syrian opponents in the Syrian interior, from which a “National Rescue Government” was formed, the meeting included opponents from several Syrian areas during which a President of the National Rescue Government was elected, he is the Dr. Mohammed al-Sheikh of Idlib Province, and the election of the Government came after holding the General Syrian Conference from which a founding body emerged and after that the preparation started for the National Rescue Government, whose president was elected today, and the reliable sources confirmed that the members, offices and work of this Government will be in the Syrian interior.
The sources also confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Government opposes the Turkish – Russian –Iranian intervention in the Syrian interior, and opposes the fighting between the rebel factions and movements operating on Syrian soil, while the process of announcing the Government and electing its President comes in conjunction with the Turkish – Russian –Iranian movements in preparation for a military operation in Idlib Province.