Hadeel Kouki

Hadeel Kouki is a Syrian human rights activist who was arrested in 2011 for distributing pro-revolutionary flyers attacking the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. During her detainment, Kouki was given access to no legal counsel and kept in solitary confinement.

In 2012 Syrian state forces broke into Kouki’s home in Cairo, threatened her and beat her severely. She has since successfully sought asylum in a Western country.

Speeches

Syria

Tortured in Prison with Hadeel Kouki

Hadeel Kouki, Syrian human rights activist who was arrested in 2011 for distributing pro-revolutionary flyers attacking the regime of Bashar Al-Assad, addresses the 4th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see below for full prepared remarks.   Full remarks   Saba Farzan: Hadeel is an incredibly courageous, young lady

Syria

Massacre in Syria: Victim Testimonies with Hadeel Kouki, Jacques Beres, Saba Farzan

A panel including veteran war surgeon who smuggled himself into Homs in 2012 to help the Syrian people, Jacques Beres; Iranian freelance journalist and founder and Executive Director of ‘Foreign Policy Circle,’ Saba Farzan; and Syrian human rights activist who was arrested in 2011 for distributing pro-revolutionary flyers attacking the