A 26-year-old university student, identified as Bashar Radwan Helal, was shot dead on August 18, 2023, by gunmen we have not yet been able to identify in front of his house in his hometown of Mahajja town in northern rural Daraa governorate.
The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident. We call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in their areas, to investigate this incident, and to make the findings of the investigation known to the public. Syria will never have true stability without a genuine political transition process towards democracy within a fixed timetable.
