Prosecuting former Free Syrian Army members or revolution supporters who fled to Europe has turned into nightmare for many.
The EU courts have been following cases brought against them by unknown people who are believed to be the regime's sleeper cells. They often collect information and evidence which they consider to be a source of condemnation against these refugees from social networking sites and personal pages.
Samer is a refugee from Idlib who was fighting with a faction that was not classified as a terrorist. He was arrested after a quarrel with some people in a house to receive refugees in Germany after he was discovered to be a sniper. After the quarrel, he was arrested before the judge for "terrorist acts in Syria "after a collective complaint against him by these young people who received information and pictures that hold him charged before German courts from his page on Facebook.
Abdel Raouf is a Syrian refugee from the city of Homs, a 20-year-old resident in Austria who was arrested along with a cousin on charges of joining one of the brigades classified as "terrorist" also, and because a a picture of him was carrying a weapon in his hand was found on his personal Facebook page. He was sentenced 30 months before being released under trial after paying a bail of € 4,000, although he was under 18 at the time of his arrest.
It is likely that there are dormant regime cells behind these issues that are causing problems for these refugees.
A member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights and the official of the refugee file in Europe Mohamed Kazem Hindawi warned Syrian activists and supporters of the revolution, especially those who sought refuge in Europe from publishing videos and pictures of their participation in any military activity among the rebels because this would expose them to trials for breach of security in many European countries.
Hindawi told Zaman al-Wasl that the Assad regime began in recent years to move its dormant cells through people who infiltrated with the refugee influx that came at the beginning of 2014 and even today to the countries of asylum in Europe. These dormant cells began to collect information from activists in European countries, especially those who had joined FSA to defend their land and arrived as refugees in Europe.
Hindawi said that the regime began to collect its information and take its evidence from the pages of the activists themselves whether they published videos or pictures of any figures who joined FSA. The regime tries to withdraw files from the pages of these activists or their friends and present them as evidence against them in European courts.
He pointed out "there are many cases in detention because of this, and some of them unfortunately publish images and videos from the point of showing off to his friends that he was carrying a weapon or participated in fighting the regime.”
He added that he believes that "this is not only individual cases, but coordinated and systematic by the regime and its cells and even rights advocates who are supporter of the regime in Europe. They try to beat anyone who supports the Syrian revolution, and Hindawi said that the European countries are countries ruled by law and certainly regime thugs presented evidence that convinced the judiciary there to arrest the targeted refugees. "
A member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights advised all refugees to delete all the pictures and videos related to the military actions because this evidence is merely an archive that does not benefit them, or to keep these on the email so they are not disclosed to the public in order not to be held accountable in this regard.
The free human rights advocates- as he says - should provide all they have to deal with this phenomenon using the same regime weapon and that is provide legal evidence condemning the regime and its thugs. He pointed out that many organizations active in the field of human rights, including the Arab Organization for Human Rights is doing steps in this regard, but it is incumbent on us to warn people not to be a prey to this deadly regime
