28.02.2018
Interfaith Forum Calls for Government Action on Syria
Dublin City Interfaith Forum (DCIF) has expressed its deepest condemnation
of the recent and ongoing events in Ghouta, Syria. DCIF, in which the United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough is involved, issued a press statement this morning calling on the Irish Government to demand an end to mass killing in Syria.
“As well as being subject to a seven–year long civil war, the people of
Ghouta have been bombarded with airstrikes by the Syrian Regime forces
and its Allies. These actions have resulted in the deaths of more than 500 people, with over two–thousand or so wounded.
In addition to such tactics, planes have struck residential areas in
which more than 400,000 people live, destroying more than a dozen
hospitals, making it difficult if not impossible to treat the wounded,” the statement reads.
“In the spirit of justice and good will, DCIF calls on the Irish
Government to take imminent action in seeking an end to such mass
killings and to save and protect the lives of innocent civilians in
Ghouta and Syria in general. Finally, the DCIF asks that all legal
efforts be made to address and remedy what is taking place in Ghouta
and that the Irish Government and the Irish people generally make
representations on behalf of the people of Syria, who continue to suffer
horrendously, since the Civil War broke out seven years ago,” the DCIF statement concludes.